Hassan al-Bolkiyya
Hassan al-Bolkiyya is the Sultan and Prime Minister of
Brunei. Born on July 15, 1946, he has been the Sultan since 1967. His full name
is Haji Hassan al-Bolkiyya Mitesad in Wadala. He lives in the new Ruliman
Palace, which has 1,800 rooms. He owns over 600 Rolls Royce cars. His palace is
worth around $350 million, and his total wealth is about $28 billion.
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin, the leader of Russia, was once a KGB officer
for 16 years, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He left the KGB in 1991
to enter politics in St. Petersburg. He has served as Russia's leader from 1999
to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He recently changed the constitution so he
can stay in power until 2036. Born in 1952 in St. Petersburg, formerly
Leningrad, Putin studied law at Leningrad State University. Reports suggest
that Putin's personal wealth stood at a staggering $200 billion.
Isabel Dos Santos
Isabel Dos Santos is a businesswoman from Angola who was
once named Africa's richest person by Forbes. She was born in Baku, Azerbaijan,
and is the oldest daughter of Angola's former president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, who led the country
from 1979 to 2017. In 2013, Forbes called her the first female US dollar
billionaire of Africa. Isabel started her business career in 1997 and invested
in various industries in Angola and Portugal. Her wealth grew by investing in
companies, but Forbes removed her from their list in 2021 because her assets
were frozen in Angola, Portugal, and the Netherlands. Her net worth is around
$2 billion.
Bashar al-Assad
Bashar Hafez al-Assad, born in 1965, is the president of
Syria, a position he has held since July 17, 2000. He is also the
commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary general of the
Arab Socialist Both Party. Bashar studied medicine at Damascus University,
graduating in 1988, and later specialized in ophthalmology at Western Eye
Hospital in London. He returned to Syria to become the heir apparent after his
old home brother Basil's demise. Bashar then attended the Military Academy and
became its head in 1998. His father, Hafez al-Assad, was the president before
him from 1971 to 2000.
Rothschild family
The Rothschilds are
one of Europe's most influential banking families and have significantly
impacted the economic and political history of Europe. Originally from
Frankfurt, they are the wealthiest Jewish family and have expanded their
business into areas like mining, real estate, energy, and winemaking. Many
people may not know much about the Rothschilds because they keep their affairs
very private. They rarely discuss their wealth publicly, maintaining a low
profile about their riches.
Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un, the
supreme leader of North Korea, has been in power since 2011. He is the grandson
of Kim Il-sung, North Korea's founder and first supreme leader. Kim Jong-un has
also led the Workers' Party of Korea since 2012. He succeeded his father, Kim
Jong-il, who was the supreme leader from 1994 to 2011. While he may not be the
richest person globally, Kim Jong-un has access to some of the best and most
expensive security and foreign luxury goods. He is known for using the
country's natural resources and maintaining wealth through control over forced
labor camps. His total net worth is around $5 billion.
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