Who is on the right of Qatar's head of state?

The World Cup is in full swing, and the story of turning to the royal family in Qatar is equally wonderful. On Sunday night, I came to talk about an interesting gossip brought by a financial gossip girl. At the same time, let's pay attention to a point. Behind the gossip is "the richest man in the world with a piece of cloth on his head". Qatar also has a sense of urgency to plan ahead. In order not to rely solely on resources, it eventually runs out of resources and opens up a road to investment.

On the opening day, the Queen Mother of Qatar, Sheikha Moza, also went. At the age of 63, her skin is firm and her appearance is atmospheric, and she is younger than the "queen" next to her. She wore a Prada high-waisted dress from 20 10, which she wore when Qatar won the right to host the World Cup in 20 10, and it still fits after 12 years, as if time had not passed on her.

▲ Moza (second from left), Queen Qatar (second from right)

From another perspective, Moza calmly applauded the opening of the World Cup, with firm and distant eyes, as if to say, "This prosperous time is as I wish."

Moza is the mother of today's king and the second wife of "Tai Shang Huang". Her legendary life began with the daughter of a prisoner, and later married the son of an enemy, and gradually attacked the crown princess, queen and empress dowager from the side princess.

Not only that, according to foreign media reports, Moza is the real trader of Qatar's royal family, with a net worth of 335 billion US dollars, and even her shadow is behind Qatar's big and small events.

I can't help wondering how Moza grew up to be such a big woman in the Middle East where women are generally conservative.

From the prisoner's daughter to the harem ruler

Moza was born in Qatar on 1959. /kloc-at the age of 0/2, her father was arrested and imprisoned for opposing the king's appropriation of oil and gas. She and her mother also have to go far away.

At the age of 65,438+05, Moza returned to his native land. 18 years old, admitted to Qatar University to study sociology. Taking an active part in school activities, he soon became a man of the hour in the school.

At this moment, the prince appeared. At that time, Crown Prince Hamad (Moza's husband) studied in Britain with an open mind, and was also in charge of the national military after being named "Prince". During his visit to Qatar University, Moza successively asked the Crown Prince sharp questions: "Is the economic or political system the factor that affects social stability? Why are there more protests in Qatar than in neighboring countries such as Saudi Arabia? "

Hamad dispelled Moza's doubts, and at the same time, he was fascinated by her charm and launched a fierce pursuit, which soon succeeded.

The news that Hamad wanted to marry Moza was opposed by the old king Khalifa because he sent Moza's father to prison. The crown prince threatened to give up his identity, and the old king liked his son and compromised. Moreover, Hamad had a wife through political marriage at that time, and Moza, as a side princess, could not make trouble.

At the wedding, Lao Wang still didn't let his wife go. He banned Moza's family from attending the wedding, and the crown prince's wife escorted Moza instead of her mother at the wedding. Before the wedding, my father-in-law also verbally warned: "You'd better recognize your position."

In this way, 1977, 18-year-old Moza married 27-year-old Crown Prince Hamad.

▲ Moza and Hamad

After marriage, his wife began to make trouble, mocking Moza as "a rough sand can't cultivate a shining pearl". Moza replied lightly, "How can vultures in the wasteland appreciate pearls?" I will prove to you that the palace is the best place for me to stay. "

Moza is not a person who focuses on palace fighting. She applied her talents to her career.

At that time, the pearl collection industry in Qatar was developed, and businessmen generally preferred large and full pearls. The price of pearls with bad colors can't go up, and no one will accept them. Moza keenly seized the business opportunity, bought these pearls at a low price, processed them into cosmetics and daily necessities, and fed back the market, with good results.

1979, Moza discovered a natural black pearl, which the king's father-in-law Khalifa liked very much and hinted at it many times. Moza pretended not to understand and planned to send the pearl to the UK for auction at a price of 700,000 pounds. In a rage, my father-in-law threw out $6.5438+0 million to buy black pearls, and Moza took all of them, so the pearl business had the start-up capital for expansion.

1985, Lao Wang asked his son to get married again politically. Hamad knew that he could not refuse this request, and the condition for remarrying was that Moza was responsible for housework and managing his own investment and finance.

At this point, Moza gained the power to take charge of the harem by virtue of her husband's preference. Hamad has three wives, Moza is the second, and she is the only wife who was taken out in public.

With real power, Moza not only grew her business, but also set up the first royal investment group, and she personally served as the president. 1986, Moza completed her studies which were interrupted by her marriage to the royal family for 10 years. She officially graduated from Qatar University majoring in social relations, and later took a master's degree in public policy.

The media has an excellent impression of Moza. She is tall, without a veil, with a well-defined face and delicate makeup. She is also a hanger for high-definition dresses. Although the clothes will be improved according to religious customs, she still wears the texture of international brands such as Valentino, Chanel, Dior and Jean-Paul Gaultier.

In 20 15, Vanity Fair magazine named her as the best dressed woman. In the American diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks, she was described as a "fashionable' movie star'".

Her husband Hamad dotes on her, and all kinds of behaviors of showing love are often seen in newspapers. Even Moza's shoes were dropped, so he bent down to carry them.

Moza is in sharp contrast to the generally low sense of existence of royal women in Gulf countries, but Moza is well deserved.

A shrewd investor, the behind-the-scenes manipulator of the royal family

1995 Moza's husband Hamad became the Emir (king) of Qatar, and Moza naturally became the real ruler of the harem, and his father who had been imprisoned for more than 20 years was also released.

Through this World Cup, the cartel countries have been visited by Amway many times. It is a natural country with a land area of only 70% and a population of only 12% of Beijing's, but the underground is full of oil and natural gas.

Oil, natural gas and other fossil resources will eventually be exhausted one day, but Moza had this unique vision and thought as early as twenty or thirty years ago. Moza said to her husband, "Oil and natural gas will run out one day. Now we need to change oil into dollars, and change dollars into investment and appreciation. When one day, our investment will spread all over the world, which will not only ensure the long-term well-being of the people, but also break the shackles of narrow territory! "

At Moza's suggestion, Qatar established the National Investment Bureau and appointed her to be in charge of this department. If Qatar is compared to a company, Moza is the CEO of this company.

Moza first invested in real estate. 1997, she bought south London from north London for15.8 billion dollars in private, and started a lot of real estate and land.

Later, he bought the London Olympic Village for $900 million, bought the London landmark Harrods Department Store from the Egyptian rich man Fayyad, controlled the Canary Wharf Group, the largest real estate agent in London, and bought the tallest building in Britain, becoming the major shareholder of London Heathrow Airport.

In 20 14, Moza bought three adjacent luxury houses in London at the price of 1.9 1 100 million pounds, then transformed them into a big palace and "bought half of London" with practical actions.

Moza has always had a unique taste in art and fashion.

In her early years, after traveling in Europe, she spent $400 million to "buy" a batch of artworks. Her husband Hamad was very angry: "You spent the country's money. If 400 million buys a pile of garbage, it will be condemned! " Moza confidently replied, "If I do something wrong, I will pay for it privately!"

There are too many artworks. Moza found the world's top architects and built many art museums in Qatar. By 20 10, tiny Qatar has four world-class art museums, which have become the classic business cards of Qatar tourism.

▲ Qatar Islamic Art Museum

Later, these investments also proved Moza's vision, which not only increased tourist attractions for Qatar, but also directly created benefits. In 2007, Sikong's sculpture "Concerned Heart" set a world record for the auction of Sotheby's living artists' works for 23.56 million dollars. With this investment alone, Moza earned more than 654.38 million dollars.

Moza likes to wear Valentino clothes. Through years of hard work, in 20 12, she acquired Valentino Group with a total investment of 857.5 million US dollars. 20 16 years, Ba Erman; Won by 450 million euros; She also invested in LVMH Group, Tiffany &; Luxury brands such as Co; In addition, Moza also established its own luxury brand Qela and hired an international fashion tycoon as CEO.

Moza also knows how to play finance. Under her leadership, Qatar Investment Authority owns 70% of the shares of Paris Saint-Germain Club. It is the largest shareholder of Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse Bank, London Stock Exchange and Swiss Glencore, and the third largest shareholder of the German Volkswagen Group. The map of the capital is so big that it has no boundaries.

According to the data released by Forbes Middle East in June 65438+1October 65438+July 2022, the Qatar Investment Authority has become the ninth largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, with assets under management reaching $46 1 billion.

In addition, Moza also pays attention to health care and education in Qatar. She and her husband established the Latal Foundation for Education, Science and Social Development on 1995. She is the chairman of the fund and is deeply involved in its operation.

On the opening day of this World Cup, she met with UN Secretary-General Guterres as the chairman of Education First Foundation and an advocate of UN sustainable development goals to discuss issues related to education.

Under her mediation, eight well-known universities, including Cornell University School of Medicine, Georgetown University and Northwest University, set up university branches in Qatar. Young people in Qatar can not only attend top universities in the world at home, but also get scholarships to study abroad. Critics believe that Moza's "ambition" is to try to establish a religious and cultural circle in the Middle East and even South Asia.

Mozart couldn't keep a low profile even if he wanted to achieve such results. Because of her strong personal charm, she was called "the greatest miracle in Qatar's history" by the public, and Forbes often rated her as "one of the most powerful women in the world 100".

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Famous women are often asked "how to balance family and career", and many outstanding women are puzzled by this question. Moza has done a good job in her career, and she is also good at children's education and "family balance" at home.

Moza * * * gave birth to five sons and three daughters for Hamad. Judging from the children most focused by the media, it is really "Yi Long gave birth to twins".

Tamim, Moza's second son, is the king of Qatar today. 20 13 On June 25th, 63-year-old Emir Hamad of Qatar (head of state) suddenly delivered a televised speech, announcing that he would pass the throne to his fourth son Tamim from now on.

Agence France-Presse reported that Hamad's voluntary abdication was "the first case in the Arab world". We don't know the specific process. It is said that Moza is the driving force behind this abdication.

165438+1October 2 1 At the opening ceremony of the World Cup, 42-year-old King Tamim made a speech, and "Tai shang huang" sitting next to him looked at his son with a coquettish smile.

Everyone should have met Moza's eldest son. His name is Jassim, born on August 25th, 1978, and he is 44 years old. As for why he didn't succeed to the throne, it is generally believed that Jassim is not interested in the throne and prefers to invest in business and raise small animals because of his free and easy nature.

Jassim was assigned a very "appearance" position in this World Cup, responsible for welcoming VIPs from all over the world, and had a very speculative chat with Beckham before the opening ceremony.

▲ Jassim and Beckham

He has a good relationship with his mother. At the opening ceremony of the World Cup, the mother and son were in the same frame and looked alike.

Some netizens "verified" that in the opening match, because Qatar lost, the little prince who was furious but accidentally bumped into Raib, the mascot of the World Cup, was Jasim's son, but some people said it was his brother's relationship (there were too many Qatar princes to verify, and some people on the Internet called it a misinformation, and he was not a member of the royal family).

Moza's daughters are equally excellent. Princess Maya, who appeared more often, inherited her mother's investment in art collection. As the leader of the second generation art collection in her family, she is following her mother to turn Qatar into a diversified international center.

▲ Princess Maya

Under the guidance of Moza, Princess Mayasha is considered as "the most expensive princess in the world", which can cost 1 100 million yuan a week. Over the years, she has led the purchase of many world-famous works of art. 20 15 Christie's in new york spent $300 million to photograph Gauguin's famous painting When Are You Married, 20 12 Christie's in London spent ￡ 50 million to photograph Picasso's child holding a pigeon, and176.45 million Hong Kong dollars to photograph Lang Shining's autumn in Ye Ping.

▲ Oil painting "When Did You Get Married"

Of course, Moza's children also have restless children.

In 2020, a scandal broke out in the royal family of Qatar. Prince Khalifa bin Hamad, the youngest son of Queen Moza, was admitted to the University of Southern California in a "suspicious" way, as well as bachelor's and master's degrees.

Because the prince was absent from school for a long time for "security reasons" during school, he also asked body double to help him "learn from distance". He himself stayed at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel to "have fun" and even exposed his misdeeds such as squandering public funds and being suspected of forging invoices.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Queen Moza is likely to promise a huge donation to let the prince enter school smoothly. In 20 15, the prince has obtained a bachelor's degree from the university of southern California, and the university has also given him the privilege of studying for a master's degree from a distance.

Husband manages the country, Moza promotes investment, educates children and superimposes the rich benefits brought by oil and gas. Qatar occupies the position of "the world's number one per capita GDP" all the year round. In a small country with few people and big wealth, everyone has food and the unemployment rate is close to zero.

There are currently no poor people in Qatar (nationality only). Even if you resolutely don't work, you can get $2,000 in "relief money" every month, equivalent to RMB 6.5438+0.4 million, which is 6.5438+0.6 million a year.

And even if you go to work, the workload is "scary", scaring foreigners. The average working time of Qataris is three hours a day. Some time ago, a video of a Qatari rich man spitting out his daughter was on fire. He said that his daughter usually doesn't want to work, but she works three hours a day and occasionally works overtime until 2 pm. She also boasted that she was a rare pragmatic spirit in Qatar.

"In the eyes of local people, there is a shadow of Moza behind many major events in Qatar." Liu Xinlu, dean of the Arabic School of Beijing Foreign Studies University, commented on Moza.

The World Cup lasted less than a month. According to Qatar's current development ideas, it will spend a lot of money to build other influential events in the future. Next time, we can still see Queen Moza who applauds calmly and silently controls the overall situation.

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