The World’s Richest Royal Family You’ve Never Heard Of: Inside the Lavish Life of the House of Saud

<p data-start&equals;"808" data-end&equals;"1104">When you consider the wealthiest families in the world&comma; you might immediately think of the British royal family or tech billionaires &&num;8212&semi; the Musks and Bezoses come to mind&period; But there is a royal dynasty so wealthy that most billionaires look middle-class in comparison &&num;8212&semi; and you probably have never even heard of them&period; The House of Saud is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia&comma; and their asset portfolio&comma; staggering net worth and influence on the global oil markets have given them an extent of wealth that dwarfs even the most notable elites&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 data-start&equals;"1342" data-end&equals;"1371">Who Are the House of Saud&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The House of Saud is the governing royal family in Saudi Arabia with over 15&comma;000 members&period; While a few hundred have actual political power&comma; its control of Saudi Aramco&comma; which is the most valuable company on the planet&comma; puts them at the top of the global wealth ladder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Saudi Aramco is the largest oil producer in the world&comma; and the profit from the company goes directly to the royal family&period; The House of Saud is valued at over &dollar;1&period;4 trillion in wealth&semi; that means the House of Saud is richer than any other royal family in history like the British royal family&comma; etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 data-start&equals;"1917" data-end&equals;"1980">Gold Toilets and Golden Lamborghinis&colon; A Life of Extravagance<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>This royal family isn&rsquo&semi;t afraid to show off their wealth&period; From solid gold toilets to golden Lamborghinis&comma; the House of Saud live a life of luxury that most people can only dream of&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their taste for the lavish extends to real estate&period; One of their riches&quest; A &dollar;300 million castle in France that is officially the world&rsquo&semi;s most expensive house&period; The chateau includes fountains&comma; marble statues&comma; and a private moat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 data-start&equals;"2436" data-end&equals;"2477">Art and Yachts&colon; Billion-Dollar Hobbies<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"2479" data-end&equals;"2727">It was not only carriages and castles&period; The youngest prince of the House of Saud made headlines internationally&comma; when he bought Leonardo da Vinci’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Salvator Mundi” for &dollar;450 million&comma; making it the most expensive painting ever sold&period; Then you have the yacht—oh yes&comma; the yacht&period; The family’s private superyacht is valued at &dollar;500 million&comma; sporting its own helipad&comma; cinema and submarine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 data-start&equals;"2908" data-end&equals;"2956">Richer Than the British Royals—By a Long Shot<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"2958" data-end&equals;"3266">The expected wealth of the British royal family stands at a whopping &dollar;28 billion—certainly a lot of money&comma; but&comma; of course&comma; compared to the House of Saud&rsquo&semi;s discerned wealth of &dollar;1&period;4 trillion—an incredible amount&period; Don&rsquo&semi;t reduce this to numbers alone&semi; this is a matter of control&period; The Saudi royals possess wealth&comma; but they also produce wealth&period; They own the oil and&comma; therefore&comma; control the source of the wealth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 data-start&equals;"3273" data-end&equals;"3314">Does Immense Wealth Lead to Happiness&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"3316" data-end&equals;"3537">With unimaginable wealth&comma; it begs the question&colon; does money create happiness&quest; The House of Saud appears to live a life unlike any other&comma; but money does not save us from the responsibilities of power&comma; responsibility&comma; and scope of publicity&period; It certainly raises a good discussion point&comma; especially as we consider their ornate existence&colon; is there a point where you can have too much wealth&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 data-start&equals;"3665" data-end&equals;"3716">Final Thoughts&colon; Power&comma; Prestige&comma; and Perspective<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>It&rsquo&semi;s one thing to be rich&period; The House of Saud is&comma; historically&comma; wealthy&period; It possesses not only extravagant assets&comma; but power and influence the world over&period; And they are in the process of revamping energy markets&comma; breaking the mold of luxury&comma; and showing the world just how rich they really are&period; The global response is a mix of fascination and bewilderment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But behind the sparkling veneer of bling&comma; there is an existential question regarding the cost of unlimited wealth— one that goes beyond the Lamborghinis and yachts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-start&equals;"4123" data-end&equals;"4279">Want to Learn More About the World’s Richest Dynasties&quest;<br data-start&equals;"4182" data-end&equals;"4185" &sol;>Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter for more feeds on global wealth&comma; royalty and luxury lifestyle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;