16-05-2025
Britain's migrant hotel ‘king' becomes BILLIONAIRE after fortune soared by £265m, as Sunday Times Rich List released
SUNDAY Times Rich List reveals migrant hotel "king" has become a billionaire.
Graham King has amassed a £1.015 billion from his asylum empire it has been revealed.
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Essex tycoon Graham King, 58, has amassed a £1.015 billion from his asylum empire
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Migrant hotel tycoon Graham King is a keen amateur racing driver.
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King's business started off when he purchased a caravan site
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The tycoon's wealth skyrocketed this year with a massive £265m increase pushing him over the line to become a billionaire.
He is now among The Sunday Times Rich List's newest billionaires after only making it onto the list last year.
King, 58, is an Essex asylum
The company is paid by the home office to provide accommodation for asylum seekers.
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It has a massive £1.7 billion turnover with King's firm raking in almost £4.8 million a day.
King now uses his wealth to fund a lavish lifestyle for him and his girlfriend and pursues his passion of amateur racing.
His fortune reached record highs alongside record high numbers of people claiming asylum in the UK.
The number of people claiming asylum climbed from 91,811 in 2023 to 108,138 last year, a record high.
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The news comes just after PM Kier Starmer announced a crack down on immigration.
King once owned a
Clearsprings recent contracts include one with the home office that runs until September 2029.
Fury as hotel firm housing asylum seekers in 'all-inclusive resort' paid £700m a year of YOUR money
The most recent contract is estimated to be worth a massive £7.3 billion.
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The huge success of King's company has seen his
He is now officially a billionaire according to The Sunday Times Rich List.
Graham King first made it onto rich list last year, owning 99% of Clearsprings' shares.
His wealth has exploded since, catapulting him from the 221st spot on the list to the 154th.
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Home Office contracts to house asylum seekers have been awarded mostly to three companies.
King's Clearsprings Ready Homes, Mears Group and Serco.
Clearsprings provides accommodation mostly in old military barracks, flats and hotels.
King, now officially a
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He has made the news for the condition of his properties before with inspectors finding "failures of leadership and planning" in his operations.
Asylum seekers were housed by King's company in "decrepit" and "run down" barracks in Kent and
King's already massive wealth rose 35% this year which and now sits at £1.015 billion.
For the fourth year in a row, Goji Hinduja and family have topped the Sunday Times Rich list, with the investors sharing a net worth of £35.304 billion.
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They suffered a fall of £1.892 billion from last year's survey.
The minimum entry level for the list flatlines at £350 million.
This year's list marks the largest drop in billionaires in the guide's 37-year history, with just 156 making
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Other celebrities who made the list include Ellen Degeneres, Charlotte Tilbury, Ed Sheeran and Brewdog Founder James Watt.
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King and his girlfriend frequently holiday together
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Penally Camp in Wales.
