While identifying the single "richest Punjabi" changes with annual rich lists, prominent wealthy Punjabis in the UK include the Hinduja family, Jasminder Singh (Edwardian Hotels), Ranjit Singh Boparan (2 Sisters Food Group), and figures like Rami Ranger, with billionaires often appearing in the Sunday Times Rich List.
Jasminder Singh. This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2026. Jasminder Singh OBE (born April 1951) is a British billionaire businessman. According to the Sunday Times Rich List List in 2019, Singh is worth £1.1 billion.
Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez OBE, HPk (Urdu: سر انور پرویز; born 15 March 1935) is a Pakistani-born British billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Bestway Group. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, in 2020 Pervez's net worth was £3.1 billion, and the richest Pakistan-born Briton in the UK.
Mr Hinduja and his family topped the most recent Sunday Times Rich List with a net worth of £35.3bn. They also ranked 11th on the Forbes list of India's 100 richest businesspeople in 2024. Mr Hinduja was the second eldest of four brothers who controlled the business for decades.
Here are some Indian billionaires who own luxurious properties in London: 5. Mukesh Ambani – Purchased Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire in 2020 for ₹592 crore. 4. Lakshmi Mittal – Owns multiple expensive properties, including a $500 million (₹4,150 crore) mansion with 15 bedrooms on Kensington Palace Gardens.
London has the largest Pakistani population in the UK by total numbers, with significant communities also in Birmingham, Bradford (often called "Bradistan"), and Manchester, though Bradford and other cities have a higher percentage of Pakistanis in their overall population. Greater London has the highest absolute number (over 290,000 in 2021), followed by Birmingham and then Bradford.
The top 10 richest people in the UK, according to recent lists (late 2024/early 2025), are led by the Hinduja family, followed by the Reuben brothers, Sir Leonard Blavatnik, and Sir James Dyson, with wealth primarily from diversified businesses, metals/real estate, and technology/manufacturing, though exact rankings and figures vary slightly by publication. Other prominent names include Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Idan Ofer, the Weston family, Lakshmi Mittal, and John Fredriksen, highlighting sectors like industry, retail, and finance as major wealth creators.
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani was born on 19 April 1957 in the British crown colony of Aden (present-day Yemen) into a Gujarati Hindu family to Dhirubhai Ambani and Kokilaben Ambani. His father was the founder of Reliance Industries, the largest public company by market capitalization in India.
His taste in cars too was extravagant and legend has it that Maharaja Bhupinder Singh would be driven in a motorcade of 20 Rolls Royce. The other prince of Punjab, the Maharaja of Nabha, built a swan at the head of his car.
Hardial Singh Sembi, born in 1942 in Akhara, Jagraon, Ludhiana, holds a record 35 degrees, including 17 postgraduate degrees in fields like English, Economics, and Sikh Studies, plus 14 graduate -level qualifications like Law and Engineering.
As of late 2024 and into 2025, Elon Musk was the first person to reach a net worth exceeding $400 billion, primarily from his stakes in Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, with Larry Ellison briefly surpassing him in September 2025 due to Oracle's stock surge, though Musk generally remains the wealthiest individual.
Elon Musk currently stands far ahead of Mukesh Ambani in terms of net worth. Musk's wealth, driven by Tesla, SpaceX, and AI ventures, is estimated at over $230–250 billion, while Ambani's fortune, built through Reliance Industries, stands around $110–120 billion. This puts Musk ahead by a massive $120+ billion margin.
The most common countries of birth for immigrants in the UK are India, Poland, Pakistan, Romania, and Ireland, with India consistently being the largest group, followed by EU countries like Poland and Romania, reflecting historical migration and recent economic ties. Recent data from 2021/22 census shows India with the highest number, while Poland and Romania also represent significant proportions of the foreign-born population.
According to the 2021 census, 270,000 people (0.5% of UK residents) listed Urdu as their main language, an increase of 1,000 from 2011. Ethnologue reports the total number of Urdu speakers in the UK at over 400,000. Since the 1990s, the Department of Health has issued patient information (pamphlets etc.)
Southall: Southall's Little India is located in the borough of Ealing. It is the oldest Little India in the UK, and is known for its lively atmosphere and diverse population.
Since the end of World War II, Southall has become largely a South Asian residential district, sometimes known as "Little India". In addition, the signs on the main railway station are bilingual in English and Gurmukhi, which is one of the written scripts of Punjabi.
