Each year ArabianBusiness.com publishes their World's Richest Arabs list. They do a great job and I like to publish the list on this blog because many of these Super Rich Arabs are directly or indirectly involved with the Mega Projects of the Middle East.
RICHEST ARABS 2010
1. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, $20.4 Bil, Saudi Arabia
2. Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, $12 Bil, Saudi Arabia
3. Olayan Family, $11.9 Bil, Saudi Arabia
4. Mohammad Al Amoudi, $10 Bil, Saudi Arabia
5. Issam Alzahid, $10 Bil, Saudi Arabia
6. Bin Ladin Family, $9.8 Bil, Saudi Arabia
7. Nasser Al Kharafi, $8.2 Bil, Kuwait
8. Said Khoury, $7 Bil, Palestine
9. Bugshan Family, $7 Bil, Saudi Arabia
10. Al Ghurair Family, $6.52 Bil, UAE
11. Alshaya Family, $6.5 Bil, Kuwait
12. Al Jaffali Family, $6.2 Bil, Saudi Arabia
13. Kanoo Family, $6.1 Bil, Bahrain
14. Tarek Abdulla Al Quahtani, $6 Bil, Saudi Arabia
15. Mubarak Al Suwaiket, $5.2 Bil, Saudi Arabia
16. Mohamed Abdul Latif Jameel $5.1 Bil, Saudi Arabia
17. Abdullah Al Futtaim, $5.06 Bil, UAE
18. Naghi Family, $5 Bil, Saudi Arabia
19. Majid Al Futtaim, $4.9 Bil, UAE
20. Sulaiman Abdulaziz Al Rajhi, $4.57 Bil, Saudi Arabia
21. Abdullah Al Rushaid, $4.55 Bil, Saudi Arabia
22. Omar Hamad Almana, $4.5 Bil, Qatar
23. Mohammed Sharbatly, $4.1 Bil, Saudi Arabia
24. Mohammad Kamal Jamjoom, $4.02 Bil, Saudi Arabia
25. Bukhamseen Family, $4 Bil, Kuwait
26. Gargash Family, $3.71 Bil, UAE
27. Saad Hariri, $3.7 Bil, Saudi Arabia
28. Sawiris Family, $3.55 Bil, Egypt
29. Ahmed Saleh Baeshen, $3.5 Bil, Saudi Arabia
30. Faisal Al Ayyar, $3.4 Bil, Kuwait
31. Abdullah Bin Saleh Al Othaim, $3.28 Bil, Saudi Arabia
32. Abdullatif Al Fozan, $3.26 Bil, Saudi Arabia
33. Saedan Family, $3.22 Bil, Saudi Arabia
34. Abdulaziz Al Sulaiman, $3.2 Bil, Saudi Arabia
35. Nadhmi Auchi, $3.18 Bil, Iraq
36. Hussein Bakry Gazzaz, $3.17 Bil, Saudi Arabia
37. Osama Ismail Ali Abudawood, $3.1 Bil, Saudi Arabia
38. Mohammed Elkhereiji, $3 Bil, Saudi Arabia
39. Bahaa Hariri, $3 Bil, Saudi Arabia
40. Adel Aujan, $2.9 Bil, Saudi Arabia
41. Al Zamil Family, $2.8 Bil, Saudi Arabia
42. Mansour Ojjey, $2.7 Bil, Saudi Arabia
43. Robert Mouawad, $2.5 Bil, Lebanon
44. Ayman Hariri, $2.4 Bil, Saudi Arabia
45. Issam Fares, $2.4 Bil, Lebanon
46. Mohammad Shafik Gabr, $2.1 Bil, Egypt
47. Abdul Moshen Al Hokair, $2 Bil, Saudi Arabia
48. Ahmed and Hassan Heikal, $1.78 Bil, Egypt
49. Mohammed Alesayi, $1.7 Bil, Saudi Arabia
One thing that really stands out on the list is that Saudi Arabia has many, many more Super Rich Arabs than any other country in the Middle East!
Source:
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/arabian-business-rich-list-2010-367763.html