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Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company B.S.C. (Mumtalakat) is the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain. [2] It was established by Royal Decree in 2006 and is wholly owned by the Government. [1] Mumtalakat actively sought investment opportunities locally, regionally and internationally. In December 2024, according to the Sovereign Wealth ...
This is a list of richest monarchs and family members, as estimated by forbes.com in 2015, [1] Business Insider in 2018, [2] and the CEOWORLD magazine in 2019. [3] The evaluations are based on their personal net worths , excluding properties held by the State, Government or Crown, and all of the figures are in U.S. dollars .
Ahmed ruled Bahrain as hakim until 1796, but was based in Zubarah (in modern-day Qatar) and spent summers in Bahrain. Ahmed was the first hakim of Bahrain and the progenitor of the ruling Al Khalifa family of Bahrain. All of the Al Khalifa rulers of Bahrain are his descendants. Ahmed had four children.
The House of Khalifa has been the ruling family since 1783. Between 1783 and 1971, the Bahraini monarch held the title of hakim , and, from 1971 until 2002, the title of emir . On 14 February 2002, the emir of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa , declared Bahrain a kingdom and proclaimed himself the first king. [ 1 ]
LGT Group is the largest royal family-owned private banking and asset management group in the world. LGT, originally known as The Liechtenstein Global Trust, is owned by the princely House of Liechtenstein through the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation and led by its royal family members H.S.H. Prince Maximilian von und zu Liechtenstein (CEO) and H.S.H. Prince Philipp von und zu Liechtenstein ...
A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is a fund owned by a state (or a political subdivision of a federal state) composed of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, property or other financial instruments. Sovereign wealth funds are entities that manage the national savings for the purposes of investment.
The Al Khalifa family lead a large number of ministerial and governmental posts including the Ministry of the Interior, [9] Ministry of Justice, [10] the Ministry of Finance, [11] the Ministry of Culture, [12] the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [13] the Bahrain Economic Development Board [14] and the Supreme Council for Women. [15]
GFH Financial Group, previously known as Gulf Finance House, is an Islamic investment bank with headquarters in Bahrain Financial Harbour, Bahrain. [1]One of its most notable investments was a 25% stake in the English football club Leeds United [2] through their wholly owned subsidiary, Dubai-based GFH Capital, having initially acquired 100% ownership of the club from Ken Bates in December ...