Victoria Beckham named in top 100 UK entrepreneurs

London - A new list compiled of the most successful current UK entrepreneurs by City A.M. sees fashion designer Victoria Beckham in second place, topped only by Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin empire.

Other notable fashion entrepreneurs in the list include retail magnate Theo Paphitis at number 4 and Ultimo founder Michelle Mone OBE at number 15.

The entrepreneurs list is based on active users of Twitter and their Klout scores, which takes into account various metrics from Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Instagram, Foursquare and Wikipedia, and is updated every Friday.