Posted on 10/16/2005 8:02:17 PM PDT by M_Nair
That's more money that I'll EVER see in my whole LIFE!
I can't imagine how one could possibly spend that much on a wedding. I'd rather have the money.
Here are a few facts about him:
He was born in India, and he is a Hindu.
"In March 2005, Forbes Magazine named him the 3rd richest man in the world (he was the 63nd richest in 2004 and the richest non-American, with an estimated wealth of 25 billion dollars (US $)."
"In 2002 he was embroiled in a political scandal dubbed Mittalgate with British Prime Minister Tony Blair when it was felt that a donation Mittal had made to the Labour Party had led to Blair's intervention (a letter to the Romanian prime minister) in a business deal favouring Mittal. On July 13, 2005 it was announced that he had donated £2 million to the Labour Party."
He bought a concentration camp at Omarska - operated by Bosnian Serbs for Muslim and Croat prisoners.
He spent 128 million dollars for a house in London ("breaking the world's record for the most expensive house purchase"). It has 12 bedrooms.
His daughter had a lavish wedding on June 22, 2004, in Paris, France, which cost more than 55 million dollars - complete with a fireworks display at the Eiffel Tower. All 1000 guests were put up at a 5-star hotel in Paris. "'Papa, Buy me the Eiffel,' headlined a report in Outlook, one of India's leading magazines, alluding to the extravagance in Paris." The engagement party, on June 20, 2004, was held at the Palace of Versailles.
Remember that old agage - "nothing succeeds like excess"? He's really taken it to heart.
You are so right. I saw him on hannity. Hank is a great patriot.
Thanks! Five year average is definitely on an uptrend, but downtrending in the last five months. That's the kind of thing speculators buy on. $24 a share. Hmmmm.
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