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QPR shareholder Lakshmi Mittal is the richest man in British football, according to new research.
The London-based Indian steel magnate, who owns a 20 per cent stake in the Loftus Road club, is worth an estimated £18.4billion in the 2009 FourFourTwo.com Rich List.
The annually-published list ranks Mittal above last year's leader, Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, who has a fortune of £17billion.
Mittal has largely taken a back seat to owners Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone since investing in QPR in December 2007 but he would appear the real financial power at the club.
Formula One supremo Ecclestone, however, is ranked eighth in the list with £1.466billion.
Third is Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich with £7.8billion - with the Russian £800million better off than he was last year.
British football Rich List:
1. Lakshmi Mittal (QPR) - £18.4bn
2. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan (Man City) - £17bn
3. Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) - £7.8bn
4. Joe Lewis (Tottenham) - £2.5bn
5. Stan Kroenke (Arsenal) - £2.079bn
6. Denis O'Brien (Celtic) - £1.73bn
7. Malcolm Glazer and family (Man Utd) - £1.5bn
8. Bernie Ecclestone (QPR) - £1.466bn
9. Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) - £1.3bn
10. Lord Grantchester and family (Everton) £1.2bn
11. Lord Ashcroft (Watford) - £1.1bn
12. Dermot Desmond (Celtic) - £1bn
13. Mike Ashley (Newcastle) - £900m
14. Randy Lerner (Aston Villa) - £800m
15. Mohamed al-Fayed (Fulham) - £650m
16. Tom Hicks (Liverpool) - £500m
16. George Gillett (Liverpool) - £500m
18. Sir David Murray (Rangers) - £450m
19. The Walker Family (Blackburn) - £400m
19. Peter Coates (Stoke City) - £400m
PA Sport
