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Physician's Money Digest

  • May 15 2003
  • Volume 10
  • Issue 9

THE WEALTH OF SADDAM

With Saddam Hussein's recentfall from power in Iraq, QueenElizabeth II of England has takenover his spot on the list of theworld's wealthiest rulers. TheQueen's pot of gold, valued at$525 million, is much smaller thanSaddam's $2-billion stash, whichput him in a tie for third placewith Prince Hans Adam II ofLiechtenstein. Topping the list isKing Fahd of Saudi Arabia, with anestimated worth of $20 billion, followedby Sultan Haji HassanalBolkiah of Brunei Darussalam,with an $11-billion nest egg. YasirArafat makes the list with an estimated$300 million, and so doesFidel Castro, whose wealth ispegged at $110 million. By comparison,President George W. Bush,with an estimated worth of $15million, is a pauper.

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