Global Post: Is Hosni Mubarak the world's richest man?

[pampango]

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/egypt/110208/mubarak-world-richest-man-billionaire

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is likely the world's richest man, with an estimated fortune of $70 billion dollars. Media reported Monday that Mubarak's family fortune could be as high as $70 billion, much of it in Swiss banks or tied up in

The $70 billion dollars would put the 82-year-old comfortably ahead of Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim Helu, worth about $53.5 billion dollars, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the richest American with $53 billion.

Meanwhile, Egyptian press reported that investigators were looking into the hidden wealth of Mubarak's allies, which ranged from the $3 billion of party insider Ahmed Ezz to the $1.2 billion of former interior minister Habib Ibrahim El-Adly.

Five hated cronies of Mubarak each amassed fortunes topping $1 billion, according to military prosecutors preparing criminal cases again them in the latest government concession meant to defuse the two-week-old Egyptian crisis.

[Fumesucker]

1. "It's good to be king". -Mel Brooks

Recced..

[MissHoneychurch]

2. How much of that money did he steal

from the Egyptian people?

[Lorien]

4. No doubt most of it. One article said 40 billion, but I'm guessing that

it could be even more.

[leveymg]

3. Lots of US got rich, too. 50% of all US aid, defense contracts w/ Egypt got pocketed or kicked-back

That's how the game works with unaccountable dictators and Royal families around the world. That's a major part of why US contractors and corrupt American politicians and officials like them so much, and keep them in power.

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