Thai king world's wealthiest royal: Forbes, page

Thai king world's wealthiest royal: Forbes

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NEW YORK (AFP) - With a fortune estimated at 35 billion dollars, Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the world's richest royal sovereign, and oil-rich Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi is far back at No. 2, Forbes magazine reported Thursday.

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Thought this might be of some interest here on ATS. I didn't see it posted anywhere here yet.

It's hard to say what this really counts for though, considering that wealth and power are not necessarily synonymous. This could simply mean that the Thai king doesn't do as good a job of hiding his wealth, as said here in the article (emphasis mine)...

King Bhumibol, 80 and, at 62 years on the throne the world's longest-serving head of state, pushed to the top of the richest royals list by virtue a greater transparency surrounding his fortune, Forbes said.

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[edit on 8/21/0808 by jackinthebox]

reply to post by Jesu$atan

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And then of course we have to consider the people that no one has ever heard about. The people behind the scenes. The people who determine what wealth actually means.

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