Category: Billionaires/Business ( August 2014) Donald Trump purchased Boeing 757 from Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft for around $100 million in 2011. Upon purchasing the jet, Trump spruced it up with gold and premium materials to make the Boeing 757 uniquely his own. *Donald Trump’s net worth was about $4.1 Billion (As of 8/24/2014 according to Forbes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roman Abramovich is the largest shareholder of Evraz, Russia’s biggest steelmaker by output. He owns stakes in Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest nickel producer, and London’s Chelsea Football Club. His investment holdings were amassed from dividends and proceeds he collected selling former state-owned assets acquired after the fall of the Soviet Union, including Sibneft and Aeroflot. *His Net worth is about $9.5 Billion (As of 8/24/2014 according to Forbes). Roman Abramovich has 2 private jets but the largest and the priciest one is Boeing 767-33A/ER known as “Bandit” ( $170 Million). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud is one of the wealthiest investors in the world. Contrary to popular belief, he does not own Airbus A380, aka “Flying Palace”. He ordered that plane in 2007. The list price of an A380 was $319 million at the time. But he never took possession of the plane. According to Shadi Sanbar, chief financial officer of the billionaire’s Kingdom Holdings Co. Prince Al-Waleed “sold his Airbus A380 jet plane” in 2012. He would not disclose the buyer or the sale price, citing “strict confidentiality” agreements. His Boeing 747-400 “Khaled & Reem” is the priciest jet in his fleet today( $220 Million). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah has an estimated net worth of $21.9 Billion (according to Forbes). Sultan has a whole collection of wide body jets at his disposal, including two Airbus A340s and a 767, but the Boeing 747-430 is his largest aircraft. He paid at least $100 million through Lufthansa to purchase a Boeing 747-430 and then he spent another $130 million to outfit the aircraft. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alisher Usmanov is Russia’s richest man (2014 rankings). Usmanov owns 48 percent of USM Holdings, a British Virgin Islands-based entity that controls Metalloinvest, Russia’s largest iron ore producer, and publicly traded MegaFon. Through DST investment funds, Usmanov holds shares in Facebook, Twitter and Zynga, and Russian Internet provider, Mail.ru. He also co-owns the U.K. soccer team Arsenal. Alisher Usmanov owns the biggest private jet in Russia, and one of the top 3 most expensive private jets in the world – an Airbus A340-300.(approx. $500 million). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================ Private Jets of Billionaires (2014)