Archive for the 'rich list' Category

Sultan of Brunei’s Multi-Billion Pound Car Collection‎

Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei is the proud collector of what is undeniably the world’s most unique and gargantuan car collection.
The Sultan of Brunei’s collection of over 7,000 cars includes some of the fastest, most expensive and rarest motors on the planet.
According to the Daily Mirror, he owns 604 Rolls Royces, 574 Mercedes-Benzes, [...]

Friday, July 30th, 2010

List of Swiss Banks

Private Banks – Switzerland
List of Swiss Banks
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Billionaires spend $2.6m on champagne in St Tropez

In what could be called as a lavish fight, a pair of rival billionaires set a new world record at a French nightclub to see who could order the most champagne.
Zhen Low – the younger brother of big-spending Malaysian billionaire Jho Low – squared off against Winston Fisher of the prominent New [...]

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

China has 130 billionaires

The Hurun Report released the names of the Top Two Richest Individuals from the 2009 Hurun Rich List, a ranking of the 1000 richest individuals in China.
Wang Chuanfu of BYD is the richest man in China with wealth of US$5.1 billion, followed by Zhang Yin of Nine Dragons Paper with wealth of US$4.9 billion. The [...]

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

London Westminster Council to seize six mansions from property tycoon

A property tycoon is set to have six London mansions seized by Westminster council in a bid to stop them falling victim to squatters. Simon Halabi has become a victim of the credit crunch and was last week reported to have lost control of seven office blocks in the capital after defaulting on more than [...]

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Best Articles on the Rich and Famous from Perfect Knowledge PR

Abramovich’s New $350 Million Megayacht Will Have Missile Defense System http://bit.ly/DFdiO
The rare glimpse into the lives of the super rich during a candid chat with a private fixer http://bit.ly/Z9zc9
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton to Acquire Royal van Lent, Builder of Luxury Mega-Yachts http://bit.ly/2JfPP
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Monday, September 21st, 2009

Private Fixer Scot Young had amassed a £400m fortune by 2006 yet now claims he is penniless as his wife tries to divorce him

Michelle Young searches inside her purse for change to pay for groceries. These days she is, in many ways, just like any other mother, watching every penny as she struggles to make ends meet. All that separates 45-year-old Michelle from the others in the supermarket queue is her expensive designer clothes, the only residual reminder [...]

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Abramovich’s New $350 Million Megayacht Will Have Missile Defense System

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s new $355 million, 555-ft. Eclipse, designed to be the world’s biggest, will have a military-grade missile defense system to keep the oligarch safe. My colleague Deidre Woollard first reported on initial plans for the Eclipse back in January. Now further details are emerging about the megayacht (rendering above), which when completed [...]

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Mega Yachts v Super Yachts

This page contains some of the top 100 mega yachts in the world and includes the year and the yacht was launched and the owner of the yacht. Ever wonder who owns the mega yachts of the world? Below is a listing, by size, of the top superyachts.
Eclipse Length 167meters (548ft) Year expected launched 2009 [...]

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Gang escapes with £40 million in ‘biggest UK jewellery heist’

An armed gang took a woman hostage as they stole £40 million worth of rings, necklaces and bracelets from an exclusive store in what is thought to be Britain’s biggest jewellery robbery. Two smartly dressed men arrived in a black taxi at Graff’s jewellers in Bond Street, Central London, last week and were buzzed through [...]

Friday, September 4th, 2009

£45 milion spent on a Dalham Hall mansion by rich Sheikh

A whopping sum of £45million has been spent on a country estate by one of the world’s richest men, in spite of losing £4billion during the recession. The up grade II-listed Dalham Hall was snapped by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. The 18th century house was once owned by Cecil Rhodes, [...]

Monday, August 17th, 2009

The Queen of England has fallen to 12th place on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest royals

The Queen of England – she has fallen to 12th place on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest royals. The value of her London residence, Buckingham Palace, had fallen by a whopping $100 million thanks to declining property values.
Now Elizabeth II is suffering the added indignity of languishing on the rich list, as her measly [...]

Saturday, August 15th, 2009