The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, is one of the richest religious monarchs on the planet. As indicated by Insider, he was once worth $40 billion (N15,500,000,000,000).
Some of his lavish lifestyles include reportedly racing Ferraris at midnight through Brunei’s capital, constructing a 1,788 room royal residence, and spending as much as $20,000 (N7,750,000) to get a hair style.
It ought to be noticed that he succeeded his dad, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien, who had 10 kids from several wives.
Bolkiah’s dad relinquished the seat in 1967 and made him the lord while he was at UK’s Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst.
A year after, Bolkiah rose the seat when he completed the academy. The man was otherwise called a playboy as he had so many extra-marital affairs.
The huge royal residence covers a wide territory of 2.2 million square feet. Its designer was the famous Architect Leandro Locsin. It made World Guinness Records as the biggest private royal residence.
Something else deserving of note was that the Sultan’s family apparently purchased half of the world’s Rolls-Royce as Bokiah held a record for having the largest collection.
The information regarding the king and their wealth was edited on Thursday, May 28. Ruler Mohammed VI of Morocco drove the other four rulers on the rundown with $2 billion.
Nigerian King Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, the Olugbo of the Ugbo Kingdom is second as he orders $300m.
