It is estimated that Prince Sheikh Mansour owns a personal fortune of up to 22 billion USD. The prince owns a 146-meter-long boat, designed with 8 floors, and spent $128 million to buy 5% of Ferrari shares.
Football and passion for sports
Sheikh Mansour has a handsome face no less than a movie actor.
Sheikh Mansour’s full name is Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, born on November 20, 1970. Mansour is currently the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Chairman of Abu Dhabi International Oil Investment Company. In addition, he is also a member of the ruling Al Nahyan family in Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Mansour’s love and passion for football dates back to his high school years. By September 2008, he decided to spend 300 million USD Man City from the hands of former Thai Prime Minister – Thaksin Shinawatra. Since then, the 47-year-old politician and businessman has invested a lot of money to help “The Citizens” become the top club in the world.
Mansour visits Man City’s training ground.
Under Sheikh Mansour, Man City has won 2 Premier League titles, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cups and 1 English Super Cup. Two notable big titles that “Green Man” have not yet won are the Champions League and Europa League titles.
This season, Man City is leading the Premier League with 55 points after 19 matches, 13 points more than the second ranked team Man United. This distance gives them a big advantage in the race to the championship. In the Champions League, the Etihad Stadium team won the right to the round of 16 and only had to meet an “underlying” opponent FC Basel.
Mansour is also the owner of New York City Club.
If they continue to maintain their impressive performance like at the beginning of the season so far, teachers and coaches Pep Guardiola have every right to hope for the possibility that they will be crowned in the Premier League and Champions League.
In addition to Man City, Sheikh Mansour also owns 3 other football clubs including Melbourne City FC (Australia), New York City FC (USA) and Al-Jazira SCC (UAE). Besides being passionate about football, Mansour is also an amateur equestrian and has won several awards in the Middle East. He is currently the Chairman of the Emirates equestrian body and is also the sponsor of the Zayed International Half Marathon horse race held annually in Abu Dhabi.
Mansour’s wealth and “playability”
Mansour’s Topaz Cruise.
In addition to a personal fortune of 17 billion pounds, Sheikh Mansour is also one of five children of the Al Nahyan family. These five members will inherit a fortune of up to £560 billion. Therefore, Sheikh Mansour is the richest football owner on the planet at the moment.
Currently, Sheikh Mansour owns the £400 million Topaz yacht. This is the 5th largest yacht in the world. This yacht has 8 decks, 2 helipads, 3 swimming pools, 1 gym, jacuzzi and 1 cinema. In 2014, Mansour lent this yacht to American movie actor Leonardo DiCaprio to organize a party with 21 friends.
Mansour’s Topaz Cruise.
In addition to a personal fortune of 17 billion pounds, Sheikh Mansour is also one of five children of the Al Nahyan family. These five members will inherit a fortune of up to £560 billion. Therefore, Sheikh Mansour is the richest football owner on the planet at the moment.
In 2005, Sheikh Mansour bought a 5% stake in Ferrari supercar company. Since 2009, he has spent up to £ 91 million to bring Formula 1 racing to be held annually in the UAE. In addition to Ferrari, Mansour also owns a 9.1% stake in Daimler AG (Mercedes’ parent company).
Not only yachts, Sheikh Mansour also owns a collection of supercars that make countless people covet. The Porsche 911 GT1 is Mansour’s most expensive supercar with a price tag of up to £3 million. Next to be mentioned are other supercars such as Ferrari Enzo (£2.5 million), 5 Bugatti Veyron (the one at least costs £ 1.1 million), Lamborghini Reventon (£840,000), Mercedes SLR-McLaren (350,000). board).
Mansour’s Topaz Cruise.
In addition to a personal fortune of 17 billion pounds, Sheikh Mansour is also one of five children of the Al Nahyan family. These five members will inherit a fortune of up to £560 billion. Therefore, Sheikh Mansour is the richest football owner on the planet at the moment.
In 2005, Sheikh Mansour bought a 5% stake in Ferrari supercar company. Since 2009, he has spent up to £ 91 million to bring Formula 1 racing to be held annually in the UAE. In addition to Ferrari, Mansour also owns a 9.1% stake in Daimler AG (Mercedes’ parent company).
In 2016, Mansour decided to invest £ 42 million to buy the villa Los Quintos de San Martin, located near the small village of Valencia de las Torres in southwestern Spain.
As a member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi, Mansour has many residence privileges, including owning his own palace. Whenever in the UAE, Sheikh Mansour often lives at The Emirates Palace (Emirates palace). This is a rare 7-star hotel in the world, inaugurated in February 2005 with a construction cost of 3 billion USD. This hotel appeared in the movie Fast and Furious 7 released in 2015.
The Emirates Palace consists of 22 apartments, 92 suites and 394 rooms, most of which are decorated with gold and marble. Like other members of the Al Nahyan family, Sheikh Mansour lives in the penthouse (the top floor of the building), where there are 6 apartments for special people.
Not only passionate about beautiful houses, cars, hotels, football, horse racing, Sheikh Mansour also invests in about 50 companies around the world. At the same time, he also poured capital into education at the University of Santa Barbara in California, USA.
The Emirates Palace consists of 22 apartments, 92 suites and 394 rooms, most of which are decorated with gold and marble. Like other members of the Al Nahyan family, Sheikh Mansour lives in the penthouse (the top floor of the building), where there are 6 apartments for special people.
As a close friend of Richard Branson – the founder of Virgin Group (including more than 400 companies), Sheikh Mansour also invests in the Virgin Galactic commercial spacecraft project that Branson is working on.