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| Sir Arnold Clark |
Sir Arnold Clark is currently Britain's first billionaire car dealer, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2016.
The newspaper has estimated the 88-year-old and his family's fortune at just over £1bn, putting them at 114th in the list.It said profits at Glasgow-based Arnold Clark Automobiles reached a record £107.2m in 2014, on sales of £3.2bn.
The business is estimated to be worth £1bn. Other assets include the yacht Drum, once owned by Simon Le Bon.
Sir Arnold started his business in 1954. He was knighted in 2004.
The highest-placed Scots on the rich list, at 49th, are the Grant-Gordon family, owners of Banffshire whisky distiller William Grant.
Their fortune is estimated at £2.16bn - £10m more than last year.
The Sunday Times valued the business at £2bn, with past dividends and other assets adding £160m.
The distiller's brands include Grant's, Glenfiddich, Drambuie and Hendrick's Gin.
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