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List
No. Name Net Worth (USD)
1 Mian Mohammad Mansha $4.6 billion
2 Asif Ali Zardari $4 billion
3 Anwar Pervez $1.5 billion
4 Nawaz Sharif $1.5 billion
5 Saddaruddin Hashwani $1.1 billion
6 Nasir Schon $1 billion
7 Abdul Razzak Yaqoob $1 billion
8 Rafiq Habib & Rasheed Habib $900 million
9 Tariq Saigol & Nasim Saigol $850 million
10 Dewan Yousaf Farooqui $800 million
11 Sultan Ali Lakhani $800 million
12 Malik Riaz Hussain $800 million
13 Sheikh Abid Hussain alias Seth Abid $780 million
14 Mian Mohammed Latif $700 million
15 Haji Abdul Ghafoor & Haji Bashir Ahmed $660 million
16 Sheikhani Family $600 million
17 Razzaq Dawood $500 million
18 Byram Dinshawji $500 million
19 Rafiq Rangoonwala $480 million
20 Shimmy Querishi $480 million
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pa ... _net_worth
The richy rich ones of poorly poor nation
1 - Mian Muhammad Mansha
Ranking: 1 Worth: 1.25b ($2.5billion)Industry: Businessman
Mansha has around 40 companies onboard. Mansha, who owns the MCB Bank (earlier known as Muslim Commercial Bank) is also setting up a $ 17m paper mill. He is one of the richest Pakistanis around. Nishat Group was country's 15th richest family in 1970, 6th in 1990 and Number 1 in 1997. Mansha is on the board of nearly 50 companies. He is deemed to have made investments in many bourses, currency and metal exchanges both within and outside Pakistan. He could have bought the United Bank too, but then who doesn't have adversaries; Nishat Group comprises of textiles, cement, leasing, insurance and management companies. If Mansha was bitten by Bhutto's nationalization stint of 1970, his friends think he was compensated by Nawaz Sharif's denationalization programme to a very good effect. There is no stopping Mansha and he is still on the move.
Nishat Group's assets are $4.4Billion. He is sometimes even regarded as the richest Pakistani around by his friends claiming he does not 'show it off'.
2 - Asif Ali Zardari Pakistan
Ranking: 2, Worth: 900m ($1.8billion), Industry: Politics
Asif Zardari dubbed Mr 10% an unknown happy-go-lucky son of a small-time businessman who struck gold by marrying one of the worlds most glamorous women Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benzair Bhutto. Taking advantage of his wifes authority he is known to have taken kickbacks from many deals inside and outside of Pakistan. The most famous was a $4 billion deal to buy 32 Mirage jets from the French company Dassault. Documents, which include letters from Dassault executives, indicate an agreement was reached to pay a 5% remuneration - about $200m - to Marleton Business, a BVI company controlled by Zardari. Besides these many more kickback deals were taken with companies such as ARY Gold, Socit Gnral de Surveillance (SGS), Cotecna, and ZPC Ursus, a Polish tractor company.
Zardari assets holding amount into hundreds of millions of dollars easily, Having 8 prime properties in the UK, of which once is the famous Rockwood Estate 365 acres in Surrey, worth 4.35m has now been sold and money sent back to the Govt. of Pakistan. Also 14 multi-million dollar mansions in the USA, including owning Holiday Inn hotel Houston, Texas Owned by Mr 10% and Iqbal Memon and Sadar-ud-Din Hashwani.
They (Zardari and B.Bhutto) also have huge business ventures in the Middle East running into hundreds of millions if not billion mark. Mr Zardari also has huge stakes in sugar mills all over Pakistan,which include: Sakrand Sugar Mills, Nawabshah, Ansari Sugar Mills, Hyderabad, Mirza Sugar Mills, Badin, Pangrio Sugar Mills, Thatta and Bachani Sugar Mills, Sanghar
3 - Sir Anwar Pervaiz UK
Ranking: 3, Worth: 750m ($1.5billion), Industry: Businessman
Chairman of Bestway Group. The Bestway Group started in 1976 with its first Bestway cash and carry warehouse opened in London. Today the have in total around 50 Cash and Carrys. Including their recent takeover of rival group Batleys for around 100m. Bestway Group ventured into Pakistans huge the cement business in 1995 and set up cement manufacturing plant in Pakistan at a cost of $120 million.
Taking Advantage of Pakistan growing economy they also acquired a 25.5% stake in United Bank Limited in 2002. Today, the Bestway Group has interests in cash & carry wholesale, property investments, retail outlets, milling of rice, lentils and pulses, cement production and more recently into banking. The groups total sales amounted to in excess of 2 billion. The group provides direct employment to thousands in the UK and Pakistan. The have many interests in Pakistan too. Sir Anwar Pervaiz and his his partners sheer hard work has bought them to outstanding international levels, which definitely makes him an ideal role model for many young Pakistanis today. He still on the move!
4 - Nawaz Sharif & Shahbaz Sharif family Saudi Arabia/Pakistan
Ranking: 4, Worth: 700m ($1.4billion), Industry: Politics/Businessman
Mr Sharif Businessman turned politician the former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was ousted in a military coup in 1999 and was forced to forfeit $9million dollars and some of his assets including his $5m Mansion is Raiwind near Lahore. Before becoming PM he was a major share holder along with his brother and cousins of Ittefaq Group, having assets well in excess of 50m in the 90s. However he got richer when he took commissions from foreign companies for construction in Pakistan. He build the first motorway and many new roads and took heavy kickbacks. He then also stole $100m from the Iqra funds, he started a new scheme Ghar Apna in which he again looted around $40m, the Mulk swaaro scheme involving public & govt. money collections to help pay pf Pakistans debts also was pocketed. Today he lives in exile in Saudi Arabia where it is known he has a new huge business empire in various sectors
5 - Saddaruddin Hashwani Pakistan
Ranking: 5, Worth: 550m ($1.1billion), Industry: Businessman
Saddaruddin Hashwani is Chairman Hashoo Group is known for his dominance in Pakistans hotel industry, though Hashwanis are have huge strength in real estate business too. Hashwanis are involved in trading of cotton, grain and steel and till the nationalization of cotton export in 1974, they were widely being dubbed as the Cotton Kings of Pakistan. Today, this group has excelled in export of rice, wheat, cotton and barley. It owns textile units, besides having invested billions in mines, minerals. hotels, insurance, batteries, tobacco, residential properties, construction, engineering and information technology. In 1984, Hashwani defeated the Lakhanis in the bid for Premier Tobacco but was arrested along with his brother Akbar in 1986 for allegedly evading customs duty on cigarettes. Sadarduddins brother Akbar and the children of another late brother Hassan Ali Hashwani together manage around 45 companies. Akbar runs the second Hashwani Group. He is one of the most well-known magnates in Pakistan who is a regular invitee at the Diplomatic Enclave. The list of local and international bigwigs known personally to Hashwani is unending
REMAINING
http://www.naitazi.com/2007/12/09/pakis ... t-of-2008/
No. Name Net Worth (USD)
1 Mian Mohammad Mansha $4.6 billion
2 Asif Ali Zardari $4 billion
3 Anwar Pervez $1.5 billion
4 Nawaz Sharif $1.5 billion
5 Saddaruddin Hashwani $1.1 billion
6 Nasir Schon $1 billion
7 Abdul Razzak Yaqoob $1 billion
8 Rafiq Habib & Rasheed Habib $900 million
9 Tariq Saigol & Nasim Saigol $850 million
10 Dewan Yousaf Farooqui $800 million
11 Sultan Ali Lakhani $800 million
12 Malik Riaz Hussain $800 million
13 Sheikh Abid Hussain alias Seth Abid $780 million
14 Mian Mohammed Latif $700 million
15 Haji Abdul Ghafoor & Haji Bashir Ahmed $660 million
16 Sheikhani Family $600 million
17 Razzaq Dawood $500 million
18 Byram Dinshawji $500 million
19 Rafiq Rangoonwala $480 million
20 Shimmy Querishi $480 million
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pa ... _net_worth
The richy rich ones of poorly poor nation
1 - Mian Muhammad Mansha
Ranking: 1 Worth: 1.25b ($2.5billion)Industry: Businessman
Mansha has around 40 companies onboard. Mansha, who owns the MCB Bank (earlier known as Muslim Commercial Bank) is also setting up a $ 17m paper mill. He is one of the richest Pakistanis around. Nishat Group was country's 15th richest family in 1970, 6th in 1990 and Number 1 in 1997. Mansha is on the board of nearly 50 companies. He is deemed to have made investments in many bourses, currency and metal exchanges both within and outside Pakistan. He could have bought the United Bank too, but then who doesn't have adversaries; Nishat Group comprises of textiles, cement, leasing, insurance and management companies. If Mansha was bitten by Bhutto's nationalization stint of 1970, his friends think he was compensated by Nawaz Sharif's denationalization programme to a very good effect. There is no stopping Mansha and he is still on the move.
Nishat Group's assets are $4.4Billion. He is sometimes even regarded as the richest Pakistani around by his friends claiming he does not 'show it off'.
2 - Asif Ali Zardari Pakistan
Ranking: 2, Worth: 900m ($1.8billion), Industry: Politics
Asif Zardari dubbed Mr 10% an unknown happy-go-lucky son of a small-time businessman who struck gold by marrying one of the worlds most glamorous women Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benzair Bhutto. Taking advantage of his wifes authority he is known to have taken kickbacks from many deals inside and outside of Pakistan. The most famous was a $4 billion deal to buy 32 Mirage jets from the French company Dassault. Documents, which include letters from Dassault executives, indicate an agreement was reached to pay a 5% remuneration - about $200m - to Marleton Business, a BVI company controlled by Zardari. Besides these many more kickback deals were taken with companies such as ARY Gold, Socit Gnral de Surveillance (SGS), Cotecna, and ZPC Ursus, a Polish tractor company.
Zardari assets holding amount into hundreds of millions of dollars easily, Having 8 prime properties in the UK, of which once is the famous Rockwood Estate 365 acres in Surrey, worth 4.35m has now been sold and money sent back to the Govt. of Pakistan. Also 14 multi-million dollar mansions in the USA, including owning Holiday Inn hotel Houston, Texas Owned by Mr 10% and Iqbal Memon and Sadar-ud-Din Hashwani.
They (Zardari and B.Bhutto) also have huge business ventures in the Middle East running into hundreds of millions if not billion mark. Mr Zardari also has huge stakes in sugar mills all over Pakistan,which include: Sakrand Sugar Mills, Nawabshah, Ansari Sugar Mills, Hyderabad, Mirza Sugar Mills, Badin, Pangrio Sugar Mills, Thatta and Bachani Sugar Mills, Sanghar
3 - Sir Anwar Pervaiz UK
Ranking: 3, Worth: 750m ($1.5billion), Industry: Businessman
Chairman of Bestway Group. The Bestway Group started in 1976 with its first Bestway cash and carry warehouse opened in London. Today the have in total around 50 Cash and Carrys. Including their recent takeover of rival group Batleys for around 100m. Bestway Group ventured into Pakistans huge the cement business in 1995 and set up cement manufacturing plant in Pakistan at a cost of $120 million.
Taking Advantage of Pakistan growing economy they also acquired a 25.5% stake in United Bank Limited in 2002. Today, the Bestway Group has interests in cash & carry wholesale, property investments, retail outlets, milling of rice, lentils and pulses, cement production and more recently into banking. The groups total sales amounted to in excess of 2 billion. The group provides direct employment to thousands in the UK and Pakistan. The have many interests in Pakistan too. Sir Anwar Pervaiz and his his partners sheer hard work has bought them to outstanding international levels, which definitely makes him an ideal role model for many young Pakistanis today. He still on the move!
4 - Nawaz Sharif & Shahbaz Sharif family Saudi Arabia/Pakistan
Ranking: 4, Worth: 700m ($1.4billion), Industry: Politics/Businessman
Mr Sharif Businessman turned politician the former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was ousted in a military coup in 1999 and was forced to forfeit $9million dollars and some of his assets including his $5m Mansion is Raiwind near Lahore. Before becoming PM he was a major share holder along with his brother and cousins of Ittefaq Group, having assets well in excess of 50m in the 90s. However he got richer when he took commissions from foreign companies for construction in Pakistan. He build the first motorway and many new roads and took heavy kickbacks. He then also stole $100m from the Iqra funds, he started a new scheme Ghar Apna in which he again looted around $40m, the Mulk swaaro scheme involving public & govt. money collections to help pay pf Pakistans debts also was pocketed. Today he lives in exile in Saudi Arabia where it is known he has a new huge business empire in various sectors
5 - Saddaruddin Hashwani Pakistan
Ranking: 5, Worth: 550m ($1.1billion), Industry: Businessman
Saddaruddin Hashwani is Chairman Hashoo Group is known for his dominance in Pakistans hotel industry, though Hashwanis are have huge strength in real estate business too. Hashwanis are involved in trading of cotton, grain and steel and till the nationalization of cotton export in 1974, they were widely being dubbed as the Cotton Kings of Pakistan. Today, this group has excelled in export of rice, wheat, cotton and barley. It owns textile units, besides having invested billions in mines, minerals. hotels, insurance, batteries, tobacco, residential properties, construction, engineering and information technology. In 1984, Hashwani defeated the Lakhanis in the bid for Premier Tobacco but was arrested along with his brother Akbar in 1986 for allegedly evading customs duty on cigarettes. Sadarduddins brother Akbar and the children of another late brother Hassan Ali Hashwani together manage around 45 companies. Akbar runs the second Hashwani Group. He is one of the most well-known magnates in Pakistan who is a regular invitee at the Diplomatic Enclave. The list of local and international bigwigs known personally to Hashwani is unending
REMAINING
http://www.naitazi.com/2007/12/09/pakis ... t-of-2008/
