[caption id="attachment_5981" align="alignleft" width="146" caption="Brevan Howard"][/caption] We received an email about the richest hedge fund millionaires in the UK and Ireland. The Sunday Times created a definitive guide to the wealthiest individuals in Britain and Ireland: The Sunday Times Rich List. Looking at the 1,000 richest people in the UK and the top 250 in Ireland, the paper will also reveal those who made their fortune in finance.

The 2012 Rich List, which is published this weekend, will see 54 hedge fund managers take their place among the richest Britons.

Topping the league table of hedge fund managers is Alan Howard, co-founder of Geneva-based Brevan Howard.. Making his mark as one of the most newly made billionaires, Howard, 48, launched the hedge fund in 2002 and has trebled his personal wealth since 2009 after a stellar 2011 produced fees of $1.5 billion. The Sunday Times Rich List estimates his personal wealth to be £1.4 billion - a huge increase from £975m in 2011 and £375m in 2009.

Chris Levett is a newcomer to The Sunday Times Rich List with a fortune of £250m.. Levett launched London-based Clive Capital in 2007. Clive Capital is the world’s biggest commodities fund management company, with $4 billion under management.

The 24^th annual Sunday Times Rich List is based on identifiable wealth (land, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies), and excludes bank accounts (to which the paper has no access).

The list is compiled by Philip Beresford, the leading authority on British wealth, and edited by Ian Coxon. Here are the top 20 richest hedge fund millionaires in the UK and Ireland:

Rank 2012	Name	Hedge fund	2012 wealth	2011 wealth
1	Alan Howard	Brevan Howard	£1,400m	£975m
2	Robert Miller	Sail Advisors	£955m	£1,000m
3	David Harding	Winton Capital	£800m	£410m
4	Michael Platt	Bluecrest Capital	£650m	£525m
5	Michael Hintze	CQS	£580m	£550m
6	Crispin Odey and Nichola Pease	Odey Asset Management	£455m	£453m
7	Sir John Beckwith	Rivercrest Capital	£350m	£350m
8	Stephen Butt	Silchester Partners	£340m	£325m
9=	Paul Marshall	Marshall Wace	£315m	£300m
9=	Ian Wace	Marshall Wace	£315m	£300m
11=	Steven Heinz	Lansdowne Partners	£270m	£270m
11=	Sir Paul Ruddock	Lansdowne Partners	£270m	£270m
13=	Andy Hall	Astenbeck Capital Management	£260m	£250m
13=	Greg Coffey	GC Macro Fund	£260m	£252m
15=	Martin Hughes	Toscafund	£250m	£226m
15=	Chris Levett	Clive Capital	£250m	New
17=	William Arah	Marathon Asset Management	£230m	£193m
17=	Jeremy Hosking	Marathon Asset Management	£230m	£193m
17=	Neil Ostrer	Marathon Asset Management	£230m	£193m
17=	Chris Rokos	Brevan Howard	£230m	£130m
17=	Hugh Sloane	Sloane Robinson	£230m	£220m

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