Jan 22 (Reuters) - Private equity group Hg announced the sale of its stake in Argus Media on Monday, in a deal that will see the oil pricing data company's top boss Adrian Binks become a majority shareholder.

The deal, which values Hg's investment in Argus Media at about 52 million pounds ($66.09 million), will hand over the stake to current minority shareholder and private equity firm General Atlantic and Argus itself. ($1 = 0.7868 pounds) (Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)