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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.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Faisal Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Formal portrait, 1945 King of Saudi Arabia Reign 2 November 1964 – 25 March 1975 Bay'ah 2 November 1964 Predecessor Saud Successor Khalid Regent of Saudi Arabia Tenure 4 March 1964 – 2 November 1964 Monarch Saud Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Tenure 16 ...
Faisal was the only son of King Ghazi of Iraq and his wife, Queen Aliya, second daughter of 'Ali bin Hussein, King of the Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca. Faisal's father was killed in a mysterious car crash when he was three years old; his father’s first cousin, Prince 'Abd al-Ilah , served as regent until Faisal came of age in 1953.
King Faisal tomb in Baghdad Crowd mourning King Faisal gather in front of the municipality street in Amman, Transjordan in 1933. King Faisal died of a heart attack on 8 September 1933 in Bern, Switzerland. [2] He was 48 years old at the time of his death. Faisal was succeeded on the throne by his eldest son, Ghazi.
As of 2011, his wealth was estimated by Forbes to be $7.7 billion, making him the 120th richest person in the world. [2] He received the 2012 King Faisal International Prize for dedicating half his fortune to charity, starting an Islamic bank, supporting charity work and implementing effective national projects. [3]
It is among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of US$930 billion (£718.2 billion). [2] It was created in 1971 for the purpose of investing funds on behalf of the Government of Saudi Arabia. [3] The wealth fund is controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler since 2015 ...
For much of the past decade, policymakers and analysts have decried America's incredibly low savings rate, noting that U.S. households save a fraction of the money of the rest of the world.
In 1973, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat held a meeting with King Faisal bin Abdulaziz in the palace to discuss matters pertaining to the Yom Kippur War. [8] Following the assassination of King Faisal in 1975, the palace was used by his successor, King Khalid bin Abdulaziz. In 1976, he hosted Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in the palace compound ...