 "Get this: HuffPost says Sonia Gandhi richer than Elizabeth-II")
Here is a piece of news that could make rumour mongers happy. Congress President Sonia Gandhi is the 12th richest political leader in the world, says a report in Huffington Post World .
With $2 billion wealth, Gandhi is even richer than, hold your breath, Elizabeth II, the Queen of England andBashar Al-Assad, President of Syria.
The list includeskings, presidents, sultans and queens with most rich leaders among the top 20 originating from the Middle East region.
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Sonia Gandhi. Reuters[/caption]
To arrive at the list, HuffPost compared each country’s GDP per capitajuxtaposed with a leader’s personal net worth. It notes that this was to “show how different life is for the haves and have-nots.”
India’s GDP per capita is$1,500, while Sonia Gandhi is worth $2 billion.
So, who does the Indian Congress leader beat in the rich leaders’ list?
There is Albert II, Prince of Monaco who is worth $1 billion.Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman is next on the list, worth$700 million and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea is worth $600 mn.Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria is 16th on the list with riches worth $550 million while his country’s GDP per capita is$3,000.
But the most surprising fact is thatElizabeth II, Queen of England ranks much lower than Gandhi in the list with riches worth$400 million to $500 million.
The HuffPost report does not, however, clearly state how it has arrived at the conclusion.
For Gandhi, this is nothing new. Her wealth has always been a subject of intense speculation. In March 2012, a BusinessInsider report said Gandhi is the fourth-richest politician in the world and wildly estimated her wealth between $2-19 billion.
Meanwhile, as per the National Election Watch website of the Association for Democratic Rights, Sonia Gandhi has assets worth Rs 1.38 crore. She neither owns a car nor a house in India and has 2.5 kg of gold and 88 kg of silver.
The latest report comes at a time when the country entering election mode and will only help add grist.
Check out the Huffington Post articlefor the full list _ here ._