The Al-Nions are the third generation, you could say, of Abu Dhabi leadership. They don't give interviews; they definitely do not talk or boast about their wealth. Devin Priest: It's kind of like a very unsurprising revelation that this family is extremely rich. But what makes this story sort of exciting to us was that we were actually able to really kind of put a number on it.
The secretive Al Nahyan family of Abu Dhabi has amassed a fortune of $300 billion–and they’re investing it around the globe, in everything from green energy and healthcare to Manchester City Football Club, SpaceX and Rihanna’s lingerie line. Bloomberg reporters Devon Pendleton, Ben Bartenstein and Nicolas Parasie join this episode to talk about the family’s global reach.
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