Pakistani family with humble startnings rises on UK richest list

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LONDON: Bestway Group family members Sir Anwar Pervez, Zameer Chaudhary and Younis Sheikh have risen on the list of richest Asians in
Britain and their ranking overall among the richest commercees in Britain has also climbed
According to the latest edition of the Sunday Times Wealthy list, the Bestway Group family members Sir Pervez and Zameer Chaudhary, the CEO
of the group and leader of the Conservative Friends of Pakistan, have been estimated at worth £3.534bn and £1.755bn, respectively
Sir Anwar Pervez is up £439m and his nephew Zameer Chaudhary is up £548m compared to final year nsprint; taking them both to the
billionaires& list
Sir Anwar Pervez has been listed in the cash and carry category while his nephew Zameer Chaudhary is in the category of cash and carry and
pharmacies
Their commerce interest in Pakistan nsprint; cement and banking nsprint; is much taken into account for the UK ranking and their ranking
could be much higher if their Pakistan worth was also added
In the latest list of 40 richest Asians in the UK, Sir Anwar Pervez is placed at number 6 and Zameer Chauhdary is placed at number 12
Younis Sheikh, chairman of Bestway Wgapsale, is estimated at £609m, up from £189m final year
Sir Pervez, 84, eemigrated from Gujar Khan in Pakistan aged 21 and worked as a bus conductor, starting Bestway in 1976.In the overall list
of richest Asians, Indians overwhelmingly dominate the list of 40 richest people
Sri and Gopi Hinduja nsprint; known as Hinduja brothers - are the richest Asians in the UK, according to the new edition of the Wealthy List
The new edition reveals the wealth of the 1,000 richest people in Britain in its 31st annual edition
There are 81 Asians among this year richest 1,000
The Hinduja brothers are top of The Sunday Times Wealthy List overall, making them the richest in the UK for the third time, in both Asian
and overall categories
An increase of £1.356bn in their wealth in the past year takes their wealth to a staggering £22bn
Robert Watts, Compiler of The Sunday Times Wealthy List, said: &The rise in the number of Asian entrepreneurs is one of the striking themes
of the Sunday Times Wealthy List since our first edition in 1989
Back then only five entrants in our inaugural list were from ethnic backgrounds nsprint; this year 81 Asian individuals and families make
our 1,000 entries
We are finding Asian men and women have built successful commercees, from fast fashion and reduction retail to pharmaceuticals and petrol
stations.&Overall, the 20 richest Asians are worth £94.864bn this year, a rise of £12.101bn from £82.763bn in 2018
The 14.6% increase in net worth is one of the biggest increases in wealth across any Wealthy List category this year.The full list of
richest Asian includes in order: Sri and Gopi Hinduja and family, £22bn; David and Simon Reuben, £18.664bn; Lakshmi Mittal and family,
£10.669bn; Anil Agarwal, £10.57bn; Sri Prakash Lohia, £5.402bn; Sir Anwar Pervez and family, £3.534bn; Samuel Tak Lee and family,
£3.005bn; Simon, Bobby and Robin Arora, £2.26bn; Bauselesstestinehu Shetty, £2.083bn; Lord Paul and family, £2bn; Sunil Vaswani and
family, £1.969bn; Zameer Choudrey and family, £1.755bn; Navin and Varsha Engineer £1.7bn; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, £1.689bn; Farhad Moshiri,
£1.575bn; Raj, Tony and Harpal Matharu and family, £1.321bn; Mohsin and Zuber Issa, £1.2bn; Nadhmi Auchi, £1.176bn; Mahmud Kamani and
family, £1.163bn; Surinder Arora and family, £1.129bn, £780m; Jasintellecter Singh and family, £1.1bn; Christina Ong and family,
£1.05bn; Bhikhu and Vijay Patel, £800m; The Jatania brothers, £643m; Ranjit and Baljinder Boparan, £640m; Younus Sheikh and family,
£609m; Tony Fernandes, £587m; Abdul Bhatti and family, £540m; Adalat and Arshad Chaudhary, £540m; Amit and Meeta Patel, £450m; and at
least two dozen more.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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