Sir Jim Ratcliffe is a Monaco-based British billionaire chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist.
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Ratcliffe is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ineos chemicals group, which he founded in 1998.
Ratcliffe owns two-thirds of the Ineos chemicals group, which was estimated to have a turnover of $15 billion in 2019.
Ratcliffe does not have a high public profile, and as a result, has been described by The Sunday Times as “publicity shy”.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe height
Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s exact height is not known but he is of more than average height.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe house
In January 2020, Sir Jim Ratcliffe won his planning battle to build a luxury summer house on stilts at his £6m New Forest holiday home.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe yacht
Sir Jim Ratcliffe is the owner of the 74 meter Sherpa yacht.
Sherpa, an expedition-styled yacht was built at Feadship in 2018 and was designed by RDW.
The Sherpa yacht can accommodate 13 guests and 25 crew and is powered by 2 MTU Engines.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe net worth
As of May 2018, Ratcliffe was the richest person in the UK, with a net worth of £21.05 billion.
As of April 2020, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated Ratcliffe’s net worth at $28.2 billion, making him the 55th richest in the world and second in the UK, behind Sir Len Blavatnik.
In September 2020, Ratcliffe officially changed his tax residence from Hampshire to Monaco, a move that it is estimated will save him £4 billion in tax.
As of 2022, Ratcliffe’s net worth is estimated at $16.1 billion.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe Chelsea bid
Ratcliffe held talks with Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck on Thursday (April 28, 2022) to buy the club and submitted a last-minute £4.25billion bid to buy the Stamford Bridge club on Friday (April 29, 2022).
Ratcliffe told The Times;
“We put an offer in this morning.”
“We are the only British bid. Our motives are simply to try and create a very fine club in London.”
“We have no profit motive because we make our money in other ways.”
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