INEOS's a privately owned UK chemicals company. By revenue it's the third largest chemicals firm in the world (after BASF and Dow Chemical) and the biggest privately owned company in Britain . Its headquarters are located in the small village of Lyndhurst in Hampshire, England. Chairman and main shareholder Jim Ratcliffe was tenth on the Sunday Times Rich List 2007, with an estimated wealth of £3.3 billion. Sunday Times Rich List 2008 revalued Jim Ratcliffe to £2.3 billion INEOS was… (More on Ineos)