Sheikh Mansour has reaped the benefits of his investment in Manchester City.The credit goes to News Group Newspapers Ltd.
He is vice-prime minister of his native United Arab Emirates, minister of presidential affairs, and a member of Abu Dhabi’s governing family.

The 52-year-old Sheikh is even friends with Richard Branson, possessing a substantial interest in the British entrepreneur’s spaceship company, Galactic.

And if that wasn’t enough, his Premier League team currently dominates English football.

 

 

 

 

 

Sheikh Mansour has provided Pep Guardiola with a fortune to invest.PA:Press Association Credit
However, who is Mansour, and how does he spend his money?

Let us invite you into his world of prosperity, which includes a £400 million yacht he lent to one of Hollywood’s most famous actors.

 

Sheikh Mansour purchased Man City for £250 million in 2008.Manchester City Football Club – Getty
However, the Sheikh is an astute merchant who does not waste his money so easily.

In fact, the day City signed Gareth Barry for £12m from Aston Villa, he also made a $1.4bn profit selling a stake in Barclays he bought months earlier.

In 2013, Mansour founded a second Major League Soccer franchise in New York, recruiting Frank Lampard and David Villa to New York City F.C.

In addition, he expanded his City Football Group holdings to include organizations from the United States, Australia, India, Japan, Spain, Uruguay, China, Belgium, and France.

 

 

During the 2014 World Cup, Leo DiCaprio partied on the Topaz. Source: Getty – Contributor.
Mansour reportedly had to replenish his yacht when he anchored in the Turkish port of Marmaris.

It was reported that filling the 730,000-litre reservoir cost £380,000 and took 5 hours!