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Britain’s top ten richest people in the world of social media are worth a combined \u00a315.8bn, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List for 2012.<\/p>\n

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The Sunday Times 2012 Top Tech Richest<\/p><\/div>\n

The bulk of that figure represents the wealth of Facebook investor Alisher Usmanov, in which he places second overall.<\/p>\n

The Russian oligarch is worth some \u00a312.3bn, although not all of that is due to his social media investments. He also controls iron ore producer Metalloinvest.<\/p>\n

His fellow countryman Andrey Andreev, who founded the online dating site Badoo, is a new entrant into the list, in fifth place in the social media top ten with \u00a3500m.<\/p>\n

The London-based businessman, 38, has hit on a winning strategy of free membership and no advertising – charging members \u00a31 to improve their profile.<\/p>\n

Second on the list is Michael Moritz, the legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist who made savvy investments in business networking site Linkedin, among others.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, he said the best advice he ever got came from Bill Deedes, the former editor of the Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n

“Prior to leaving college, my heart was set on working on Fleet Street,” he told Fortune . “I went to see Bill one rainy day in his office. He said if he were in my shoes, he would go to America. That adjusted my compass. After that, I was hell-bent on going.”<\/p>\n

Rock band U2 also makes the list because of frontman Bono’s investments in Facebook and review site Yelp, via Silicon Valley private equity firm Elevation Partners.<\/p>\n

Last in the top ten is Joanna Shields, the European vice-president of Facebook. However she looks set to climb higher, as she is expected to add to her wealth when the company floats.<\/p>\n

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Alisher Usmanov at No.1<\/p><\/div>\n

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Social Media Millionaires:<\/p>\n

1. Alisher Usmanov, Facebook: \u00a312.3bn<\/p>\n

2. Michael Moritz, Linkedin: \u00a31.08bn<\/p>\n

3. Niklas Zennstrom, Skype: \u00a3600m<\/p>\n

4. U2 (Bono), Facebook, Yelp: \u00a3514m<\/p>\n

5. Andrey Andreev, Badoo: \u00a3500m<\/p>\n

6. Michael and Xochi Birch, Bebo, TweetDeck: \u00a3270m<\/p>\n

7. Vikrant Bhargava, SocialGO: \u00a3230m<\/p>\n

8. Daniel Ek, Spotify: \u00a3190m<\/p>\n

9. Tihan Presbie, Miniclip: \u00a3155m<\/p>\n

10. Joanna Shields, Bebo, Facebook: \u00a350m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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