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Jim Ratcliffe—chemicals tycoon, fan of ‘bonkers’ ideas—launches an SUV and gets into fracking in TexasIneos founder and chairman Jim Ratcliffe, in Monte Carlo last summer.Photo: valery hache/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesMarch 19, 2023 5:30 am ETLONDON—U. K. billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has built one of the world’s most unconventional conglomerates, a sprawling collection of assets that includes a global chemicals business and baubles like a centuries-old London pub and a luxury British fashion brand.Now the 70-year-old tycoon, who was knighted in his home country but isn’t as well known outside of Europe, is making a deeper push into the U.S. market.