my first blog to kick off the lunar new year is on wealth or lots and lots of it in the form of the world's first trillionaire who is known as mr kamal ashnawi.
many people probably would have heard of mr carlos slim helu, the mexican mega tycoon with an estimated worth of US$63.3 billion and acknowledged as the richest person in the world.
but who is mr kamal ashnawi?
Kamal Ashnawi, 42 years old was born in Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia and is the president of sierra petroleum.
according to sources as reported by the malaysian media in a news conference, mr kamal ashnawi said his net worth was $6.4 trillion, and yes, u are reading right, it's trillions and expressed in numerical form, it is $6,400,000,000,000 which is equivalent to approx RM20 trillion ringgit.
my comments:
wow, imagine the number of digits of the wealth ......
I would be happy with a minute fraction of that. How to people aquire such wealth? I have to ask….did he inherit this wealth or is this the sign of a very smart individual who has worked very hard during his lifetime or was he simply in the right place at the right time.
Mr Kamal Ashnawi looks quite young. Would it be fair to say he has inherited his trillionaire status?
Craig Dean
Director
Singapore Financial Advice