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Net worth Source of wealth 1 Vajiralongkorn: King of Thailand Thailand: $43 billion [3] — $30 billion [2] Investments derived from the Crown Property Bureau. 2 Hassanal Bolkiah: Sultan of Brunei Brunei: $28 billion [3] — $20 billion [2] Profits from oil and gas industry. 3 Salman: King of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia: $18 billion [3] [2]
Vajiralongkorn [c] (born 28 July 1952) is King of Thailand since 2016. He is the tenth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama X.. The only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and Queen Sirikit, he was made crown prince by his father in 1972, at the age of 20.
Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn is facing demands for limits on his powers and public oversight of an estimated $70 billion in crown wealth.
It was claimed that crown property does not belong to the king in his private capacity, but to the monarchy as an institution which continues from reign to reign. [11]: 282 [12] In 2018, King Vajiralongkorn was granted full, personal ownership of royal assets thought to be worth at least $70bn to as much as $130bn. The Crown Property Bureau ...
Thousands of Thai protesters called on King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Wednesday to cede control of a royal fortune valued in the tens of billions of dollars, as the latest in months of anti ...
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and 35 cabinet ministers in Bangkok on Friday, ushering in a new government in Southeast Asia's second largest ...
Vatchrawee was born on 14 June 1985 to then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and then wife Sujarinee Vivacharawongse, He is the fourth son of King Vajiralongkorn. [ 3 ] He graduated with two bachelor's degrees in international business and finance from Stetson University .
When an estranged son of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn turned up in the capital Bangkok earlier this month after a three decade-long absence, it caught many in the kingdom by surprise ...