>>8102355 (pb)

The incredible story of the world’s richest arms dealer, Adnan Khashoggi

Adnan Khashoggi was the charismatic arms fixer clients, classmates and even the US government could rely on. But unlike his rivals, his deals were brokered not in backstreet dens but at parties drowning in Champagne, caviar and Hollywood A-listers. So just how did the world’s richest man lose his fortune?

I first heard of Adnan Khashoggi at a gathering in a golf club outside Marbella. The guests were the owners of mansions dotting the hills on the outskirts of town. If you looked down the valley past the fairways and greens, you could see the tax haven of Gibraltar just out to sea. I was chatting to a London hedge fund manager who, realising I didn’t work in finance, changed the topic to the club’s previous owner.

‘You know all of this used to belong to Khashoggi?’ he said. ‘This whole estate used to be his private hunting ground. This was his lodge.’ I’d wondered what relation the taxidermy and animal skulls plastered on the walls bore to golf, but I had no idea who the man was. Having seen the size of the estate spread across the face of two mountains, I was intrigued to find out.

Today, he is something of a forgotten legend, but in the Eighties he was at the very centre of the international jet set. Although never convicted of any crime, he made his $4bn fortune from brokering deals between arms manufacturers, governments and private clients. He was considered the richest man in the world and became famous for his life of extravagance and excess.

The media labelled him the era’s most prolific weapon dealer before he was implicated in a scandal that destroyed his business and almost brought down the US government in the process.

The hedge fund manager was surprised I’d never heard of him and told me that Khashoggi’s sister was Dodi Al Fayed’s mother, thinking it’d give some idea of who he was talking about. ‘The Spanish government seized the estate from him and sold it on, but the basement is completely untouched since he lived here. It’s like a time warp. The parties he had down there were legendary.’

• https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/incredible-story-worlds-richest-arms-dealer-adnan-khashoggi/

>>8102730

Jamal Khashoggi’s Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

amal Ahmad Khashoggi is a Saudi journalist and author who went missing on October 2, 2018.

On October 19, Saudi Arabia confirmed the death of Khashoggi, claiming that he died after a “fight” took place inside of the Turkish consulate. Though the Saudis have set up a commission to investigate Khashoggi’s death, it is, according to many American publications, a far cry from admitting what the extensive evidence points to: that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia was complicit in the torture and murder of the journalist.

Khashoggi was engaged at the time of his disappearance, having been married once before, with no children. The Washington Post columnist was last seen in public entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey to obtain documents to marry his fiancée.

Here’s what you need to know about his family.

Khashoggi is not the only well-known member of his family. His grandfather was of Turkish origin but married a Saudi woman, which is why there was a change in the last name.

Khashoggi was raised in Saudi Arabia with his family. He received his elementary and secondary education in Saudi Arabia, then went on to attend college at Indiana State University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1982.

There are several high profile individuals in the Khashoggi family, most notably Khashoggi’s uncle, Adnan Khashoggi, who is a high-profile Saudi arms dealer worth billions.

Adnan Khashoggi was considered the most well-known individual in the Khashoggi family, as a billionaire arms dealer based in Saudi Arabia.

To make matters even more complex, Donald Trump reportedly purchased a $200 million yacht from Adnan Khashoggi in 1988. Adnan Kashoggi is best known for his role as a middleman in the 1980s Iran-contra scandal; one biography of him is titled “The Richest Man in the World.”

He died in 2017 at 81 years old; it was once reported that he spent upwards of $250,000 a day to support his lavish lifestyle.

• https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/jamal-khashoggis-family-wife-uncle-children/

>>8102832

It's probably nothing, but it has crossed my mind a few times. Think about the name, "corona," What is a corona? What does it do? It glows. What else glows around here?