The patriarch of the UK’s richest family has died, his family announced.

Gopichand Hinduja, 85, suffered from a long illness and died in London on Tuesday, a family spokesman said.

His family said: ‘He will leave a deep hole at the heart of our family.

‘He will also be remembered for his formidable work.’

The Hinduja family topped 2025’s Sunday Times Rich List for the second time in a row with their collective net worth of £35.3bn Mr Hinduja and his family made their fortune from the Mumbai-based conglomerate Hinduja Group, which spans business sectors including banking and finance, media and entertainment, and energy – and has about 200,000 staff around the world.

His older brother Srichand died in 2023 at 87 after suffering from dementia.

It is not known who will now take over the

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