Dhani Harrison in British ‘dhani list’
April 27th, 2009 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )London, April 27 (IANS) Dhani Harrison, the only son of the late Beatle George Harrison, is the second richest youngster in Britain, according to the country’s most authoritative wealth list.
Dhani, whose name means ‘wealthy’ in Hindi and is also a play on the Indian musical notations of ‘Dha’ and ‘Ni’, has been valued by the Sunday Times Rich List as worth 140 million pounds.
Dhani, who appears with his mother Olivia on the list, leads the rock band thenewno2, which has released its debut album ‘You Are Here’ to critical acclaim.
Dhani’s father was a lifelong admirer of India and very close to his Indian music guru, the sitar maestro Ravi Shankar.
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