At 66 years of age, he’s the world’s richest royal according to Forbes, which oddly doesn’t list him in the top billionaires of the world, but it’s safe to say that Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is worth $20 billion, give or take $500 million. President Obama very recently joked with the Sultan upon his visit to the US that he should go shopping while he was visiting so he could help boost the sagging economy, but the Sultan already has one of everything he desires and he’s a car guy so, naturally, he also has the world’s largest collection of cars.
Bolkiah’s car collection numbers over 5,000 exotics, sports cars, rare and limited editions, all housed in a garage that is really more of a palace by all standards, with separate wings devoted to each brand. Reportedly, there are over 300 Ferrari, 20 Koenigeggs, 6 Daver Porshe 962 LM’s, 11 Mclaren F1’s, and 600 Rolls Royce, all valued at an estimated $300,000,000.00. It has been reported that much of the collection actually belongs to the Sultan’s 3rd brother, Prince Jefri, and various nephews and that most of the collection is unused and decaying. Other trivia has it that the staff has a Rolls Royce in the driveway, always running, 24/7 and that members of his harem are paid over $200,000.00 a week. Talk about cush jobs.
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