Sultan of Brunei: World's most lavish man

You would expect one of the world's
richest men to have a luxury car, a sprawling mansion, a yacht or two and fly by private jet. But the spending habits
of the Sultan of Brunei, Haji Hassan-al-Bolkiah can leave anyone amazed, if not shocked.


Court papers revealed that Bolkiah paid 1.26 million pounds to his badminton coach, and 1.25 million pounds for acupuncture and massage.

He even spent nearly 50,000 pounds on guards for his collection of exotic birds.

Here is a list of how the world's richest man spends his cash

PROPERTY
1,788-room palace, six-star hotel, climate controlled stables for his 200 polo ponies, five aircraft hangars to house his 5,000 cars, a theme park

STAFF WAGE BILL
£1.25million to masseuses, acupuncturists
£13.9million to housekeepers
£1.26million to badminton coach
£5.86million to each of his five PR officers
£48,859 to guard his exotic birdcages

LUXURY CARS
531 Mercedes
367 Ferraris
362 Bentleys
185 BMWs
177 Jaguars
160 Porsches
130 Rolls-Royces
20 Lamborghinis

OTHER TRANSPORT
Two Boeings, including a 747-400 jumbo jet, one Airbus, six smaller planes, two helicopters (ANI)

Most people will call this madness.