Oil Barons Top Rich List: The two...
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Oil Barons Top Rich List: The two richest people on the face of the earth are oil barons, according to Fortune magazine. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, oil-rich leader of the tiny Pacific sultanate of Brunei, retained Fortune’s top title for the fourth straight year, with an estimated worth of $25 billion, unchanged from 1989. Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd and clan, a focus of the Persian Gulf crisis, ranked second with assets worth $18 billion, also unchanged.
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