Richest People of the Middle East

[Stanley]

if you have time, this is a pretty cool video of the richest people in the middle east

Richest People Of The Middle East - Google Video

 

[DruSam]

Wow. There is money, then there is Sheik money. If they want it, they will buy it no matter the cost.

Interesting to note the cultural difference in how the wealthy in UAE can include their entire family in there businesses. It seems in the West that almost never works out too well.

 

[Stanley]

good point.
I dont think we value family as much as they do. A dispute there would be settled by an elder, but here it'd be settled by a lawyer

 

[lucab]

Cool, I'll have to watch the whole vid when I get some time.

 

[darkpedro]

When I was a teenager, I saw the Sultan of Brunai, who was the richest man in the world at the time. He came into the building with some bodyguards and a few assistants. After he got inside, one of the assistants whispered into his ear, bent down and tied the sultan's shoe. That moment will always stick in my mind.