Hugh Grosvenor has become the world’s youngest billionaire and the 3rd richest person in Britain. Now the 7th Duke of Westminster, the 25 year old inherited the title following the sudden death of his father Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor on 9th August.
The Duke, now the head of the Grosvenor Group, controls a £9 billion property empire. At the heart is the 300-year-old Grosvenor estate in London, which includes parts of Mayfair and Belgravia. There is also the family's 10,872-acre country home, Eaton Hall. As well as the peerage the Duke inherited a personal wealth of an estimated £9 billion.
He attended a local primary school, followed by secondary education at Ellesmere College in Shropshire. He went on to study countryside management at Newcastle University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree with upper second-class honours.
Apart from this not much is known about the new duke as a result of his family's efforts to maintain his privacy. Only that he is Prince George's godfather and that his 21st birthday for 800 guests is rumoured to have cost £5 million.