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- [Narrator] If you're
asked to name the world's
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wealthiest people, you'll likely cite
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Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos.
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Well, you aren't exactly wrong
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going with traditional sources such
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as the Forbes Billionaire List.
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However, some individuals
aren't on this list
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but control an immeasurable
amount of dark wealth.
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The following ten individuals
and families control
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a vast amount of wealth
but for some reasons,
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they choose to remain a secret.
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Say for instance the privacy and wealth
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were acquired in non-savory ways.
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Number ten, Isabel dos Santos.
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Eldest daughter of
Angola's longtime president
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Jose Eduardo dos Santos,
Isabela dos Santos is
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Africa's wealthiest woman
valued at $3.6 billion.
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Back in 2012, Forbes
valued her at $500 million
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but only last year her valuation increased
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to over $3 billion.
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This was not from savvy
investment decisions
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but rather due to her
father transferring stakes
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in several Angolan companies to her.
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Of her over $3 billion net worth,
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two thirds, or $1.8 billion corresponds
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to stocks in the Portuguese
oil and gas company Galp.
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Shares were acquired through Sonangol,
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Angola's National Oil Company
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but later transferred to her
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through backroom dealings.
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Though Isabel asserts
that her wealth is clean,
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Maka Angola investigations proved
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that contrary to her assertions,
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the shares were acquired
using public funds.
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Isabel dos Santos has
managed to hide her wealth
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or better yet how she obtained it
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using a group of companies.
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To avoid any direct link to her,
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Isabel's interests in Galp are held
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indirectly through an offshore company.
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Esperaza owns 45% of Amorin Energia
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which is the largest Galp shareholder
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with 38.4% ownership.
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There are a couple of reasons why
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Isabel Dos Santos would instead
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not reveal her net worth
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and how she got it.
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First, it would lead to
criminal investigations,
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and second, her deal with Sonangol
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through Esperaza Holding BV would be ruled
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null and void and her shares in Galp
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would revert to the Angolan people.
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Number nine, Kim Jong Un.
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Kim Jong Un is said to be
worth around $5 billion.
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This might not be so noteworthy
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compared to other individuals on this list
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but it's still a massive net worth
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as North Koreans earn an
average of $1800 per year.
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This wealth was discovered back in 2013
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through a joint investigation by
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South Korea and America.
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They managed to unearth how Kim Jong Un
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and his family have managed to hide
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their ill-gotten wealth by distributing it
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in over 200 foreign bank accounts
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across the world.
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The authoritarian dictator
cannot risk exposing
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his vast wealth as it
would lead to an uprising
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against him much like the Arab Spring,
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which led to the ousting
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of several long-time leaders.
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Even so, his leadership is based on fear
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and brainwashing people.
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So it's unlikely they can
challenge his grasp on power
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as easily as citizens
elsewhere have managed to.
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Number eight, Bashar Al Assad.
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We all know a bit about the lifetime
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leader of Syria.
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Bashar Al Assad,
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owing to the ongoing
crisis to the country.
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Al Assad is estimated to be worth between
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$1 billion and $1.5 billion, but this
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is only his realizable assets.
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The actual figure goes well beyond this
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seeing as Assad and his close friends
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controlled over 60% of
the country's assets
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during peace time.
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The only issue with getting the real
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net worth of Bashar Al Assad is
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because his money trail is hard to trace.
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But sources put his fortune at around
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a $120 billion.
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This wealth is difficult to account for,
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as it's in countries like
Russia and Hong Kong,
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with lackluster financial
rules and offshore tax havens.
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Additionally, Assad has deployed
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a myriad of companies
to disguise his wealth.
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Nonetheless, to reduce
the risk of seizure,
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Al Assad cannot disclose his net worth
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since America and
European nations have made
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it their mission to freeze Assad's assets
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to undermine his regime.
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Number seven, Hosni Mubarak.
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Another authoritarian dictator,
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Hosni Mubarak amassed
a vast amount of wealth
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worth between $40 and $70 billion,
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during his 30-year rule
as the president of Egypt.
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This sum is comparable to the value
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of other gulf country leaders.
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He didn't squirrel away this much wealth
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from his salary as he earned a measly $808
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a month in 2007 and 2008.
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So, it's mostly corruption money.
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Mubarak made his first millions through
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military contracts during his days
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as an officer in Egypt's air force
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which he would later add to
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when he came into power through corruption
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and stifling of public resources.
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His sons who were
instrumental in increasing
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his vast wealth, took
huge cuts from investing
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in Egyptian businesses giving
preferred entrepreneurs
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the capacity to operate as
monopolies in the country.
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Mubarak has managed to
hide his vast wealth
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in foreign banks and offshore accounts,
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while the rest is in real estate,
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in prime cities such as
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Paris, Madrid, New York, and London.
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Nonetheless, he cannot
openly disclose his fortune
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as it's one of the
reasons he was overthrown,
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and could increase his criminal charges.
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Additionally, his
accounts could be frozen.
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Number six, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
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To paint a more realistic picture
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of the kind of obscene wealth
we're dealing with here,
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this Sultan owns over 600
Rolls-Royce automobiles
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and has the world's largest
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private residence with 1788 rooms.
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Hassanal Bolkiah is the Sultan of Brunei,
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and most of his wealth is
from gas and oil sales.
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Back in the 90s, Hassanal Bolkiah
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was the world's richest
man worth $40 billion,
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but this has since reduced to
$20 billion in recent years.
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The Sultan does not
concern himself with hiding
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his wealth, since it is tied to him,
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despite it being regarded
as the country's wealth.
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He has put much of his
wealth in real estate
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acquiring properties like monopoly pieces.
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He owns Asprey, the London
jeweler to the Queen,
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The Dorchester in London and Hotel Bel-Air
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and Beverly Hills Hotel in LA.
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He also pays $21000 for haircuts,
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something you'll know if you've seen
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our video on ridiculous purchases made
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by billionaires like him.
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Number five, The House of Saud.
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It's not known as Saudi
Arabia for no reason.
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It's named after the Saud family that has
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ruled the country from the 18th century.
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The family is valued at $1.4 trillion
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owing to their control of
Saudi Arabia's oil reserves.
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Nonetheless, it's difficult
to trace their wealth
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as it's distributed amongst
its 15000 family members
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through the national welfare program.
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Although only about 2000
members control most
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of the wealth, it's
still difficult to trace.
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Additionally the royal family has managed
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to keep secret their income sources
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by designing projects to provide revenue
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for the King and his full-time brothers.
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These are highly secretive and subject
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to no ministry oversight.
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The Al Saud family cannot risk revealing
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their actual net worth
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as it's mostly skimmed from oil.
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In a meeting with the U.S
ambassador back in 1996,
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one prince alluded to
revenues from one million
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barrels of oil per day going
to only five or six princes.
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Such information would only fuel the anger
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of Saudi protestors
dissenting for reforms.
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Also, it would bolster those who believe
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the Kingdom is ready for a revolution.
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Number four, Ratan Tata.
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Head of the TATA group of companies,
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Ratan Tata is currently
valued at only $1 billion.
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However, this does not
reflect his real net worth.
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It's mind boggling how
the head of one of the
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world's top companies according to
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market capitalization and reputation,
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is not amongst the world's wealthiest.
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The TATA group runs 96 companies
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of which 28 are publicly listed companies.
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These businesses also
span all infrastructure
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industries like banking, steel, chemicals,
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hotels, power and textiles.
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Ratan Tata's real wealth
cannot be realized
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as the companies are run
by the principal company
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TATA Sons, whose chief
owner is not Ratan Tata,
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but several charitable
organizations with 65% ownership.
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This wealth does not show on
Tata's financial statement,
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but he would be valued
at around $85 billion
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if it was, making him the
world's wealthiest man.
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Number three, Carlos Slim Helu.
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According to some sources Slim is worth
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$61.2 billion making him the sixth
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wealthiest man in the world.
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This is the first time
that Carlos has been
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out of the top five in nearly a decade.
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However, his actual net worth could reach
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$129 billion given the control he has
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over the Mexican economy.
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Carlos Slim Helu owns over 200 companies,
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and it's projected that roughly 40%
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of the Mexican stock exchange comprises
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of companies that are under his control.
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Additionally, Mexico has come to be known
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as 'Slimlandia' signifying the influence
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Slim Helu has on the average Mexican.
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It's quite difficult
for a Mexican to spend
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a day without contributing
to Carlos' wealth.
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They're born in his hospitals,
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drive on his roads,
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and use his telecommunication services.
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Most of Carlos' net worth comes
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from telecommunications and construction.
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With control of over 80%
of all Mexico landlines
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and 70% of all cellular companies,
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Carlos can impose his will on how much
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Mexicans pay for communication.
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Between 2005 and 2009
Mexicans were overcharged
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about $6.5 billion a year for landlines.
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Also, Slim's dominance earned him
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$129 billion over the five year period.
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Though most of Carlos Slim
Helu's wealth is legal,
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he refrains from divulging its extent
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as his actions have impoverished
most of the country.
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It may lead to people
boycotting his businesses.
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On the other hand you
have to applaud him on his
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success especially given
that he's done it legally.
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Number two, Vladimir Putin.
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The Russian president is
the world's wealthiest
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and most powerful man,
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and according to some financier estimates,
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is worth more than Bill Gates
and Jeff Bezos combined,
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with a value of around $200 billion.
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According to Bill Browder, former CEO
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of Hermitage capital management,
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Putin has hired over 10000 officials
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with instructions to kill, kidnap,
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and extort money from citizens
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by seizing their properties.
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Also, Putin uses his political clout
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to coerce Russian
investors into signing over
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vast holdings of their companies to him.
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However, seeing as most of
this wealth is ill-gotten,
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Putin cannot reveal his real wealth
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to avoid the risk of seizure.
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Also, to reduce the risks involved,
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he has put most of his
wealth in company holdings,
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real estate, and other people's accounts.
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Number one, Rothschild Family.
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With a valuation of over $2 trillion,
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the Rothschild family is
the wealthiest family in
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the world and also one of
the best-kept wealth secrets.
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This family's empire began
with Mayer Rothschild
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back in the 18th century
when he established
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banking and finance houses in Germany.
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With the help of his five sons,
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the Rothschild bank became the
first to transcend borders.
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With the careful
cultivation of this wealth,
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the Rothschilds benefited immensely during
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the French revolution by funding
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and providing materials to Austria.
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They would later evolve
into a multi-national group
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and become a chief financier
of war and industry.
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Of the five sons, Nathan
Rothschild would go on
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to become the most
successful, establishing
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the central banking
structure we use today.
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Also, he used underhand
tactics during England's war
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with Napoleon to cause panic in England
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which led to the total collapse
of England's stock exchange.
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At the time, his agents
started snatching bonds
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at record low-prices and two days later
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Nathan was in control of
England's stock exchange.
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According to Investopedia, as of 2015,
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England was still paying back
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the Rothschild family for money owed
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from this Napoleonic fraud.
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The Rothschilds have
managed to hide their wealth
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by dividing it amongst the
many members of their family.
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Finally, they cannot
reveal their massive wealth
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as it proceeds from wars and only shows
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the enormous income
inequality in the world.
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Which secret billionaire
surprised you the most?
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Also, how do you feel
about their vast wealth?
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Does it encourage you to work hard?
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Or, do you think the world's inequality
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is unreasonable?
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Let me know in the comments down below.
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