Sonia Gandhi's name removed from list of richest leaders

According to Huffington Post, the Congress party chief is on 12th position among world's richest leaders with a wealth of $2 billion

HuffPost World has compiled a list of the 20 richest world leaders currently in power based on available data. The list led by Russian president Vladimir Putin (estimated to be worth $40 billion) also features Congress president and United Progress Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi. She is at 12th position and worth $2 billion on the list of world's richest leaders.

"The roster includes a mixture of kings, presidents, sultans and queens. Most are male (as the world's political leaders tend to be, too). They skew to the Middle East, with seven of the 20 leaders originating from that region, and their wealth generally comes from family connections, profitable investments and in some cases, corrupt rule. Unsurprisingly, many of their country's citizens lead much, much humbler lives," the report says.

Here is the list of world's richest leader compiled by Huffington Post...

SrN	Name of the leader/Country	Estimated Wealth
1	Vladimir Putin, President of Russia	Worth: $40 Billion
2	Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand	Worth: $30 Billion
3	Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei	Worth: $20 Billion
4	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia	Worth: $18 Billion
5	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE	Worth: $15 Billion
6	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai	Worth: $14 Billion
7	Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea	Worth: $5 Billion
8	Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechstenstein	Worth: $5 Billion
9	Mohammed VI, King of Morocco	Worth: $2.5 Billion
10	Sebastian Pinera, President of Chile	Worth: $2.5 Billion
11	Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar	Worth: $2 Billion
12	Sonia Gandhi, President of India's INC	Worth: $2 Billion
13	Albert II, Prince of Monaco	Worth: $1 Billion
14	Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman	Worth: $700 Million
15	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea	Worth: $600 Million
16	Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria	Worth: $550 Million
17	Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan	Worth: $500 Million
18	Elizabeth II, Queen of England	Worth: $400 to 500 Mln
19	Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait	Worth: $400 Million
20	Mswati III, King of Swaziland	Worth: $100 Million

Huffington Post has removed Sonia Gandhi from list of richest leaders, where it appeared at 12th place with a wealth of $ billion

HuffPost World that compiled a list of the 20 richest world leaders currently in power based on available data, had removed the name of Congress president and United Progress Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi from the list.

In an updated post about the list of world’s richest leader, the editor of Huffington Post wrote on its website last evening stating, “Sonia Gandhi and the former emir of Qatar Hamid bin Khalifa al-Thani have been removed from this list”.

“Gandhi was originally included based on a listing on a third party site which was subsequently called into question,” he said without giving name of the third-party site.

“Our editors have been unable to verify the amount, removed the link, and regret any confusion,” the Huffington post said, four days after it listed Gandhi as the 12th richest world leader putting her asset to $2 billion.

The Congress Party had questioned the authenticity of such a figure by Huffington Post. “If Huffington Post would stick to huffing puffing, then I think they would do a much better job for themselves. Because if you do put out these absurd and ridiculous things out in print, then you only open yourself to be made a laughing stock. I would not even like to dignify with a response,” said Manish Tewari, minister for Information and Broadcasting (MIB) yesterday in New Delhi after the list was released.