Thai King is the richest royal
The Worlds Richest Royals – Forbes.com.
Forbes ranked the world’s royals and if they didn’t, I never would have guess that the Thai king is richer than the Sheikh of UAE. And Thailand doesn’t even have a drop of oil.
At the top of our list is Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose $35 billion estimated net worth is up sevenfold as a result of increased transparency of his Crown Property Holdings. He takes the top spot from the only other Asian monarch on the list, the Sultan of Brunei, worth $20 billion, one of only two rulers worth less than they were last year. The sultan, who inherited the riches of an unbroken 600-year-old Muslim dynasty, has had to cut back on his country’s oil production because of depleting reserves.
By the way, Bill Gates, the world’s reigning richest dude is worth $59 billion.
Does he want to adopt? Can he help with plane reservations?
Peter on 23 August 2008