Top 10 Richest and Famous Politicians of the World in 2013!

 

Since we have talked about richest celebrities, richest athletes, richest musicians, richest bloggers so now let’s check out who managed to get a strong holding in the list of richest and famous politicians of the world in 2013. Here you go!

 

1) Muammar Gaddafi

Net Worth: $200 billion
Religion: Islam
Country: Libya

Muammar Gaddafi, a Libyan revolutionary and philosopher, is considered to be a dictator and autocrat by the world. He had a very controversial and highly conflict-ridden personality. However, he considered himself to be an intellectual and a theorist with a flamboyant dress sense. He had huge piles of wealth coming from oil, his investments and Real Estate.

2) Hosni Mubarak

Net Worth: $70 billion
Religion: Islam
Country: Egypt

Hosni Mubarak is a former Egyptian politician, leader and military commander. Before coming into politics, he worked for Egyptian Air Force and went up to the rank of Air Chief Marshal. He is believed to have more wealth than it is actually known. He has made a lot of money out of his politics, corruption and legitimate business.

3) Vladimir Putin

Net Worth: $70 billion
Religion: Russian Orthodox
Country: Russia

Vladimir Putin is a Russian politician who has been a chairman of United Russia political party and has served the nation as a President and Prime Minister of Russia. He brought political stability and economic success to the country which made his leadership quite popular. His opposition strongly believes he has hidden wealth that probably comes from oil and gas shares and investments in foreign sectors.

4) Bhumibol Adulyadej

Net Worth: $30 billion
Religion: Buddhism
Country: Thailand

Bhumibol Adulyadej is the reigning King of Thailand and the longest–serving head of state. He is respected and honored by Thai people because of his socio-economic policies and ventures. He also has huge piles of wealth with no proper claims and records in black and white. According to the resources, his wealth mainly comes from his investments, real estate and inherited Kingdom of Thailand.

5) Michael Bloomberg

Net Worth: $22 billion
Religion: Judaism
Country: America

Michael Bloomberg is an American businessman, politician and philanthropist. He is the founder and owner of 88% Bloomberg L.P, his multi-billion dollar data firm. His source of wealth is his Bloomberg L.P from which he makes a lot of donations.

6) Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

Net Worth: $20 billion
Religion: Islam
Country: Brunei

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei. He developed an education, defense and security system for his people, managed foreign and religious affairs and his country’s economy in a perfect manner. His major wealth portions seem to come from the oil and gas industry.

7) King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud

Net Worth: $18 billion
Religion: Islam
Country: Saudi Arabia

King Abdullah is the custodian of the two holiest mosques in Islam, Al-Masjid al-Haram in Makkah and Al-Masjid al-Nabwi in Madinah, and the King of Saudi Arabia. He has been able to bring out Saudi Arabia out of the global recession with government expenditures and increasing oil productions. He has been declared as the third wealthiest head of state in the world. His only wealth source is the oil industry.

8) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum

Net Worth: $18 billion
Religion: Islam
Country: United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Mohammed is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the constitutional monarch of Dubai. He is considered to be the 5^th richest head of state in the world.

9) Prince al-Waleed bin Talal

Net Worth: $18 billion
Religion: Islam
Country: Saudi Arabia

Prince Al-Waleed is a Saudi Royal, business tycoon and an investor. He is a self-made man through his investments in companies likes Apple and Twitter. He is a founder, CEO and 95% owner of Kingdom Holding Company.

10) Khailfa bin Zayed al Nahyan

Net Worth: $15 billion
Religion: Islam
Country: United Arab Emirates

Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the President of United Arab Emirates and emir of Abu Dhabi. He is regarded as a pro-Western modernizer and is believed to be a distant and uncharismatic person. His family fortune is considered to be humongous which largely comes from oil and real estate.