Top 5 Richest Royals of the World-List 1

 

Top 5  Richest Royals of the World – List 1

10  Prince Karim Al Husseini, Aga Khan

 

Fortune: $800 million (down $200 million)

Age: 72

Spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims chairs the Aga Khan Development Network that promotes investments in Asia and Africa. Horse racing enthusiast owns 900 thoroughbreds at stud farms in Ireland and France; holds stake in Goffs, one of Britain’s largest horse auction houses, as well as French horse auction house Arqana. Values down in belt-tightening markets. Awarded titles of Grand Patron and Grand Donor by the French Minister for Culture for his contributions to cultural development in France; also made an honorary citizen of Canada in the past year.

9   Prince Albert II, Monaco

Fortune: $1 billion (down $400 million)

Age: 51

Leads 700-year-old Grimaldi family; reigns over Monaco, which is smaller in area than New York’s Central Park. Efforts to expand territory with a new district at sea erected on giant pillars put on hold due to global recession. Downturn has also shaved family fortune, which includes real estate, art, antique cars, stamps and a stake in Monte Carlo’s casino, Societe des Bains de Mer. Eligible royal is a committed environmentalist; in January led a two-week expedition to Antarctica to bring attention to global warming, engage in scientific research and support the region as a natural reserve. Bachelor linked romantically to Charlene Wittstock, a South African Olympic swimmer; fathered two illegitimate children, a son with a Togolese flight attendant and a daughter who lives in California.

8. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatar

Fortune: $2 billion (no change)

Age: 57

Banking on tiny country’s rich gas reserves to support economy in post-oil era. Already the world’s largest supplier of liquefied natural gas; has contracts with Korea, Belgium and Taiwan. Plans to double annual LNG exports to 77 million metric tons over the next year. Assumed throne in 1995 after ousting his father in a bloodless coup. Passionate about art, inaugurated I.M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art last November.

7. King Mohammed VI, Morocc

Fortune: $2.5 billion (up $1 billion)

Age: 45

His kingdom’s gold is its near monopoly control of the world’s phosphate supply; Morocco holds two-thirds of the world’s phosphate mines and is the world’s biggest exporter of the mineral, which is used in fertilizer. Fortune up thanks to a fivefold increase in phosphate prices over the past several years. Launched construction of an industrial park at Tanger-Med, which when fully completed in 2012 will be among Africa’s largest ports. Granted women more rights in 2004. Married Princess Lalla Salma in 2002, the first Moroccan royal wife to be publicly acknowledged and given an official title.

6 .  Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein,

 

 

Fortune: $3.5 billion (down $1.5 billion)

Age: 64

Heads 900-year old family and tiny Alpine principality the size of Bermuda.

Last year, his family-owned bank, LGT, was caught up in a tax-evasion scandal for allegedly helping wealthy clients hide assets. In response, negotiating bilateral tax agreements with U.S.. and other countries; bank is now selling controversial trust business. However,

problems persist. His son, Prince Max, who is chief executive of LGT, is being investigated by the German government for tax evasion; he disputes the charges. Also owns an estimated 50,000 acres of land in Austria and several 17th-century palaces as well as a 400-year old art collection.

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