Politics has became an easy way to earn money these days. The Scams that are getting revealed these days also confirm that . The recent issues of Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Gali Janardhan Reddy and 1.76 lakh crore and 2Gscam, the Coal Gate Scam are just examples. People who even don’t have food to eat 2 times a day earlier are now millionaires, eating in silver plates and sleeping on beds made of gold. Thanks to the Indian Politics and Corruption. The world surveys are also pointing out at the corruption that is going on in India. But, Unfortunately the Indian Govt is not taking any steps to control it.
Keeping these things aside, funtown brings you the Top 10 richest politicians in the world. German newspaper Die Welt's World's Luxury Guide section recently released a List of the World’s Richest Politicians including the new comers, regulars, local officials and members of Congress, foreign ministers and royal heirs. Leaders without any real involvement in matters of state, like Bhumibol Adulyad, King of Thailand were excluded from the list.
more about these politicians. The list in the order of Top 1-15
1. Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz : King of Saudi Arabia since 2005, Net Worth : $21 billion.
2. Hassanal Bolkiah : Sultan of Brunei since 1967, Net Worth : $20 billion, Residence is one of the biggest
places in the world with more than 21 lakh sqft, Has an extensive auto collection of 7000 + cars.
3. Michael Bloomberg : Mayor of New York, Net Worth : $18.1 billion, owner of Bloomberg LP, Done his MBA from Harvard Business School.
4. Sonia Gandhi : President of Indian National Congress, Net Worth : $2-19 Billion, Though actual net worth is not listed by Forbes, India’s National Election Watch listed it at about $ 200,000.
5. Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan : President of United Arab Emirates. Net Worth : $ 18 Billion. Runs the Abu Dhabi investment authority- the worlds biggest sovereign fund. According to Forbes he controls 97.8 billion proven Oil reserves.
6. Vladimir Putin : Prime Minister of Russia. Net Worth : $180,000 - $40 billion. The Kremlin claims He has $ 180,000 in savings but there are rumors that the investments are worth $ 40 Billion.
7. Savitri Jindal : Member of Legislative Assembly, Haryana, India. Net Worth : $13.2 Billion. She Serves as Non- Executive board member of O.P. Jindal steel and Power Conglomerate.
8. Zong Qinghou : Member of National People’s Council, China. Net Worth : $ 10.8 billion. CEO of Beverage group Wahaha.
9. Serge Dassault : Senator of France. Net Worth : $8 Billion. Chairman of Dassault Group (Aviation) and owner of French news paper Le Figaro.
10. Silvio Berlusconi : Member of Parliament, Italy. Net Worth : $7.8 Billion. Founder of Telemilano, which is the Italy’s largest media company.
Article Sources : Luxury Guide
Other Information Sources: Open secrets.org, Forbes.com, Bloomberg.com, wikipedia.org and guardian.co.uk.
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