Their superyacht is so big they practice golf in it, their palace is triple the dimensions of the Pentagon and their fleet of personal jets could rival an airline.
The Abu Dhabi royal family, collectively price greater than Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates combined, live a life so luxurious it’s almost beyond comprehension.
The royals, often known as the House of Nahyan, rule Abu Dhabi — a small but exceptionally oil-rich emirate within the Middle East which is the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
The Al Nahyan family owns six percent of the world’s oil reserves and makes investments in every part from sporting teams to Rihanna’s lingerie line.
Luxury Launches — a web site focused on extravagance and opulence — has documented their eye-watering wealth.
Members of the Abu Dhabi sit together on the couch.Instagram
A staggering palace and property empire
The crown jewel within the Al Nahyan family’s property empire is Qaṣr Al-Waṭan, the presidential palace of the United Arab Emirates, positioned in Abu Dhabi.
The $475 million, 380,000-square-meter palace boasts a facade of white granite and limestone. Inside, it’s home to a towering 37-meter-wide dome and a chandelier manufactured from 350,000 pieces of crystal.
Construction on the palace was accomplished in 2017 and it was opened to the general public in 2019. Its eastern wing accommodates a “House of Knowledge”, home to artefacts of cultural, religious and political significance, while the western wing is used for official meetings.
The presidential palace is simply considered one of several palaces owned by the Abu Dhabi royal family worldwide, which also includes the Chateau de Baillon, north of Paris.
The impressive portfolio doesn’t end at palaces, nevertheless. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who ruled Abu Dhabi until his death last yr, was nicknamed the “landlord of London” for his properties which spanned a few of England’s most costly neighbourhoods.
In line with one report, by 2015, the Al-Nahyan property empire sat just behind the UK’s own royal family by way of its London assets, with an inventory of homes estimated to be price almost A$10 billion.
The royal family owns eight aircraft. Pictured is the within a personal Boeing 787 Dreamliner.House of Nahyan / Instagram
Enough private jets to start out an airline
The royal family’s presidential fleet comprises of eight aircraft, including an Airbus A320-200 and three Boeing 787-9s.
The private collection of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan alone boasts an $478 million Boeing 747 and $176 million Boeing 787 with enough room for all the royal family.
Details of the private planes haven’t been made public, but such aircraft often boast more luxuries than one could ever need within the air — including several cabins, meeting rooms, entertainment rooms, luxury bathrooms and spas.
The Azzam superyacht docked on the port of Cadiz, Spain in 2020.House of Nahyan / Instagram
Superyachts to make Jeff Bezos jealous
While Jeff Bezos and his rumoured fiancee Lauren Sanchez recently debuted their recent $500 million superyacht, the Abu Dhabi royal family has climbed several steps higher.
The royals own three of the highest 10 largest yachts on this planet — Azzam, Blue and Topaz, now often known as A+.
Azzam, the world’s largest superyacht, was built for Sheikh Khalifa. The 590-foot (180m) yacht accommodates greater than 100 people and boasts a golf training room, exquisite mother of pearl inlay and a specially designed chandelier that doesn’t rattle when the boat is in motion.
It took 4 years and 4000 people to construct the mammoth yacht, which is as fast as a navy frigate and burns an estimated 13 tons of fuel every hour.
The $597 million, 525-foot (160m) Blue, meanwhile, is the fourth largest yacht on this planet.
Its owner, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, also owns the $A660 million A+, which has been borrowed by Leonardo DiCaprio. A+ is rumoured to boast a dance floor, beach club, gym and wellness centre, complete with a spa, jacuzzi, steam room and wonder salon.
Pictured are a couple of of the family’s fleet of cars.House of Nahyan / Instagram
A museum-worthy automotive collection
The royal family owns a seemingly never-ending fleet of cars, split across 4 museums within the UAE and Morocco.
The fleet includes the non-public collection of Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan, which alone comprises greater than 700 vehicles. That features the world’s largest SUV — an outlandish 10-wheel, 24-tonne beast — in addition to a 6.4-meter-tall Willis Jeep.
Sheikh Mansour, meanwhile, has stakes in Ferrari and Daimler AG in addition to a luxury automotive collection that features five Bugatti Veyrons, a Ferrari 599XX, McLaren MC12, Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR and a Lamborghini Reventon.
Amongst his 700 cars, Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan owns the most important SUV on this planet.House of Nahyan / Instagram
A Premier League football flub
The Abu Dhabi United Group, an investment company for the Abu Dhabi royals owned by Sheikh Mansour, owns English football team Manchester City.
The group purchased the club for $255 million from Thaksin Shinawatra, the previous prime minister of Thailand, in September 2008.
ADUG also has an 81 percent majority stake within the City Football Group, which controls Manchester City, Mumbai City, Melbourne City and Latest York City football clubs.
The family created the Lourve Abu Dhabi, where this Statue of a Bactrian princess lives. House of Nahyan / Instagram
Also in the gathering, Breton Boys Wrestling (1888) by Gaugin.House of Nahyan / Instagram
A second version of the Louvre
The family opened the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the most important art museum on the Arabian peninsula and the one Louvre on this planet outside Paris.
The museum purports to bridge the gap between Western and Eastern art, with a set that features a sculpture of a Bactrian princess dating to 3000BC, Breton Boys Wrestling by Paul Gaugin and Leonardo da Vinci’s La Belle Ferronnièr.
