Jim Ratcliffe topped the Sunday Times Rich List 2018 with an estimated worth of £21.05bn.
Pointers from the financial market's performance in 2018
The stock hit a new high of $171.23 Wednesday before backtracking slightly and then tumbled by more than 11 percent in extended trading after the results were released.
The dip in the stock market is being blamed on a cabal trying to undermine the US president.
Analysts believe a number of simultaneous events caused the unusually rapid plunge across the markets.
Drop fuelled by widespread fears the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates faster than previously thought.
US stocks dropped on the Dow Jones by 1,179 points, the largest one-day points fall on record with investors spooked by a
Around 900 miners are trapped in a South African gold mine following a power outage blamed on a thunderstorm which brought down electrical lines.
Sterling climbs above $1.40 early on Tuesday, reaching its highest level since June 2016's Brexit referendum.
Investors were right to bet that common sense would prevail in 2017. Most likely, it will in 2018 too.
Government says drop in Chinese demand could spell very bad news for the industry.
British currency gains from positive macroeconomic data as US jobs figures fail to perk up the dollar.
The 19-country eurozone economy closed out last year growing stronger than at any time in nearly seven years.
The past 12 months have been largely positive for the stock markets, but the macroeconomic scenario appears increasingly uncertain as we enter 2018.
However, sugar cane diversion to ethanol production in Brazil means global prices remain high.
'Bumping along the bottom' is what the British currency did in 2017 and the same expression might apply to 2018 too.
The fudged nature of recent Brexit talks between London and Brussels won't help market sentiment for the British currency.
Industry will remain a focus of increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies as nations address their climate goals.
The British currency spiked intraday on London-Brussels announcement but slid as the greenback rose.
Jobs report makes clear the US economy is on a firm footing but income levels nowhere near boom times.
Growth in demand, rising profits and regulatory support bodes well for the industry, according to a new report.
Russian and Saudi oil ministers came together to drive an extension of output cuts for another 12 months in line with market expectations.
Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada tells IBTimes UK that global crude demand remains healthy and the market is rebalancing.
Russia's participation is less than certain after Kremlin expresses concern about length of the proposed extension.
Having spent the last 10 years covering Opec, the IBTimes Business Editor provides a peek inside the 'central bank of oil'.
Agreement over Brexit bill could unlock next phase of key negotiations with the European Union next month.
Crude futures slide on perceived uptick in US production and Russian reluctance to go along with cartel.
Manjit Wolstenholme had only been appointed executive chairman in August after troubled lender issued its second profit warning.
Benoit Coeure, a senior central banking official, says "economic agents could become less anchored to actual activity and more prone to manias and panics."
The European Union has already upgraded its growth forecast for the eurozone this year to 2.2%
