RICHEST ARABS

Each year ArabianBusiness.com publishes a list of the Richest Arabs in the world. These are some of the most powerful people on the planet. Furthermore, many of the people on the list are involved either directly or indirectly with the Mega Projects of The Gulf. Here is the newest list:

RICHEST ARABS

1. Prince Alwaleed / Saudi Arabia / $18 Billion
2. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber / Saudi Arabia / $9.7 Billion
3. Nasser Al Kharafi / Kuwait / $9.4 Billion
4. Mohammad Al Amoudi / Saudi Arabia / $8.8 Billion
5. Nasser Al Rashid / Saudi Arabia / $8 Billion
6. Al Ghurair Family / UAE / $7.1 Billion
7. Bin Laden Family / Saudi Arabia / $7.1 Billion
8. Olyan Family / Saudi Arabia / $6.9 Billion
9. Kanoo Family / Bahrain / $6.1 Billion
10. Said Khoury / Palestine / $6 Billion
11. Sulaiman Al Rajhi / Saudi Arabia / $5.2 Billion
12. Al Shaya Family / Kuwait / $5 Billion
13. Mohamed Abdul Latif Jameel / Saudi Arabia / $5 Billion
14. Saleh Kamel / Saudi Arabia / $4.9 Billion
15. Gargash Family / UAE / $4.8 Billion
16. Mubarak Al Suwaiket / Saudi Arabia / $4.8 Billion
17. Mahdi Al Tajir / UAE / $4.3 Billion
18. Saad Hariri / Saudi Arabia / $4.3 Billion
19. Hasib Sabbagh / Pasestine / $4.3 Billion
20. Majid Al Futtaim / UAE / $4.1 Billion
21. Abdullah Al Futtaim / UAE / $3.8 Billion
22. Al Zamil Family / Saudi Arabia / $3.5 Billion
23. Shwan Al Mulla / Iraq / $3.4 Billion
24. Sawiris Family / Egypt / $3.3 Billion
25. Osama Ismail Ali Abudawood / Saudi Arabia / $3.1 Billion
26. Bin Mahfouz Family / Saudi Arabia / $3 Billion
27. Suad Al Humaidi / Kuwait / $2.9 Billion
28. Sheikh Walid Al Ibraham / Saudi Arabia / $2.9 Billion
29. Abdulkader Bakri / Saudi Arabia / $2.8 Billion
30. Saleh Al Rajhi / Saudi Arabia / $2.8 Billion
31. Nadhmi Auchi / Iraq / $2.8 Billion
32. Abdullah Al Rajhi / Saudi Arabia / $2.6 Billion
33. Mohammed Al Issa / Saudi Arabia / $2.5 Billion
34. Ayman Hariri / Saudi Arabia / $2.4 Billion
35. Ali Hussein Alireza / Saudi Arabia / $2.4 Billion
36. Bahaa Hariri / Saudi Arabia / $2.3 Billion
37. Issam Fares / Lebanon / $2.3 Billion
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39. Mahammed Shafik Gabr / Egypt / $2.1 Billion
40. Al Rostamani Family / UAE / $2.1 Billion
41. Mohammed Abdulaziz Aljomaih / Saudi Arabia / $2.1 Billion
42. Abdulrahman Saad Al Rashid / Saudi Arabia / $2 Billion
43. Galardi Family / UAE / $2 Billion
44. Mohammad Kamal Jamjoom / Saudi Arabia / $1.9 Billion
45. Abdul Mohsen Bin Abdul Aziz Al Hokair / Saudi Arabia / $1.8 Billion
46. Bader Al Darwish / Qatar / $1.7 Billion
47. Bukhamseen Family / Kuwait / $1.7 Billion
48. Boodai Family / Kuwait / $1.6 Billion
49. Ali Said Basamh / Saudi Arabia / $1.6 Billion
50. Alghanim Family / Kuwait / $1.5 Billion

A great list! One thing really sticks out from reading this list: most of the Super Rich Arabs are from Saudi Arabia. Although the UAE gets most of the world headlines, Saudi Arabia is still the MacDaddy of The Gulf!

Here is the link to the ArabianBusiness.com article that I got this list Rich List from:

www.arabianbusiness.com/richlist/list