The Sultan of Brunei, known as the world’s largest car collector, also had the luxury of spending a fortune for something, let’s say, much more everyday and earthly than a Ferrari or a Rolls-Royce. Keep reading…
Of an eccentric billionaire like the Sultan of Brunei anything can be expected. The owner of the largest car collection on the planet – a total of 7,000 copies were awarded to him – it seems that there is no model that he cannot have. There is, however, something he paid for that transcends his private assignments in the motor world.
About the latter, Muda Hassanal Bolkiah Wow, it has stood out for orders that led to the birth not of already existing sports versions, but of models that did not even exist until its call. The ferrari FX and F90 are two clear examples. The Italian brand, however, is not the monarch’s favourite.
With 600 units, rolls royce is at the head among the manufacturers that contribute the most vehicles to its collection, followed by the 570 Mercedes Benz and the 450 cavallinos. Yes, the English manufacturer is common currency in the garages of the sultanates: to his case we must add that of the Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar and that of the Selangor Sultan of Malaysia.
Now then… He said that there was something he paid for that had nothing to do with his automotive collection and that stood out so much that it caught the attention of the media and The Times. It is that through a report in the British newspaper it was learned that the Sultan Muda Hassanal came to pay 20 thousand dollars for a haircut to a stylist to whom he used to send him in first class from London to his Royal Palace.
Of course, it is not a millionaire amount like the one he has been able to pay in exchange for one of their Ferraris , Mercedes or Rolls-Royce. But a haircut – nothing extravagant in his case – for $20,000 is not seen every day. Did you know this anecdote? Sultan of Brunei?