page_title: Jim Ratcliffe
hierarchical_section_title: Jim Ratcliffe
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Jim Ratcliffe, recipient of the 2013 Petrochemical Heritage Award, at the International Petrochemical Conference of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM: formerly NPRA), held March 24-26, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.
context_page_description: Jim Ratcliffe is at present the richest man in the UK. He is the son of a joiner.
  The British billionaire is a chemical engineer who became a financier and industrialist. Ratcliffe founded the Ineos chemicals group in 1998, which now has an annual turnover of $44 billion. He is its chairman and chief executive officer. Ratcliffe still owns two-thirds of the company.
  This is the first time since 2003 that a British-born person has topped the Sunday Times Rich List. In 2003 the former Duke of Westminster had topped the list.
context_section_description: Jim Ratcliffe (James Arthur Ratcliffe, born 18 October 1952) is at present the richest man in the UK. He is the son of a joiner (a type of carpenter).
  The British billionaire is a chemical engineer who became a financier and industrialist. Ratcliffe founded the Ineos chemicals group in 1998, which now has an annual turnover of $44 billion. He is its chairman and chief executive officer. Ratcliffe still owns two-thirds of the company.
  This is the first time since 2003 that a British-born person has topped the Sunday Times Rich List. In 2003 the former Duke of Westminster had topped the list.
caption: Jim Ratcliffe (2013)
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