Ashish Thakkar, who co-founded Africa banking conglomerate Atlas Mara Ltd. with ex-Barclays Plc head Bob Diamond, is a 35-year-old "billionaire" whose divorce fight has been prolonged thanks to a complex web of offshore assets.  The question of how much Thakkar is worth -- he says 445,532 pounds ($541,000) while his wife claims his wealth is far greater -- is coming under scrutiny in a U.K. divorce court. A judge in the London family court has denied Thakkar’s request for a final divorce decree until a determination of his real worth. "This is a case where the wife says her husband is a billionaire,” Judge Philip Moor said in the ruling that shows the difficulty courts have in making a fair assessment of wealth. “All the assets are offshore. They are held in very complicated structures that have changed within the recent past. The situation is one where it can be very significant if you are a wife or a former wife." The judge’s ruling, which was handed down in June and published on ...

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