A row by a leading media house has ranked Indian steel baron Lakshmi Mittal as Britain`s richest resident for the fourth consecutive year.

The Sunday Times rich list 2008 to be published tomorrow, the London-based 57-year-old Mittal and his family`s total fortune is worth an estimated 27,700 million pounds.

It may be mentioned here that the steel baron strengthened his position at the top by acquiring world`s leading steel company Arcelor last year. The combined business, Arcelor Mittal, produces 115 million tons of steel a year and accounts for ten per cent of market.

According to the list, Mittal is followed by Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich, with an 11,700-million-pound fortune, and the Duke of Westminster - the richest property developer in Britain, worth 7,000 million pounds.

The Hinduja Brothers - Sri and Gopi -- are at number four, and they will celebrate the 100th anniversary of their father`s 6,200-million-pound industry and finance empire in 2014.

A former Miss United Kingdom from Staffordshire, Kirsty Bertarelli, is the highest placed woman, appearing at number six on the list, alongside her 42-year-old husband, Swiss biotechnology tycoon Ernesto Bertarelli.