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Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named Iran\u2019s new supreme leader over the weekend, shares something in common with President Donald Trump: They have both amassed global real-estate empires.<\/p>\n
The son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike when the war began, represents the Islamic Republic\u2019s first hereditary succession.<\/p>\n
The younger Khamenei is close to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the regime\u2019s decision to elevate him to the top spot is seen as evidence hardliners are in charge with little inclination to reach a deal that ends the war.<\/p>\n
But before the conflict, he largely kept a low profile while accumulating assets around the world. A Bloomberg investigation in January found Khamenei has avoided putting investments in his own name, but they totaled more than $138 million.<\/p>\n
That includes Swiss bank accounts as well as luxury properties. Among his holdings in several of London\u2019s ritziest neighborhoods is a house on \u201cBillionaire\u2019s Row.\u201d Sources told Bloomberg Khamenei\u2019s real-estate empire also boasts a villa in the \u201cBeverly Hills of Dubai\u201d and upscale European\u00a0hotels.<\/p>\n
At the time, Khamenei didn\u2019t respond to Bloomberg\u2019s requests for comment that were sent via Iran\u2019s foreign ministry and embassies in the UAE and UK. An intermediary who reportedly handled Khamenei\u2019s deals denied any personal or financial ties to him.<\/p>\n
Fortune\u2019s request for comment to the foreign ministry couldn\u2019t be delivered by email due to the country\u2019s internet lockdown. Iran\u2019s representative to the United Nations didn\u2019t immediately respond to an inquiry.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Trump is worth $7.3 billion, according to Forbes last year. His golf clubs and resorts alone totaled $1.3 billion, while his other real-estate investments, such as office towers, hotels, and residential developments, were worth $1.2 billion.<\/p>\n
His liquid and crypto assets were valued at $2.4 billion last year, while Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, was worth $2 billion. The market selloff since he launched his war on Iran has dented those holdings. <\/p>\n
Khamenei\u2019s overseas assets pale in comparison to Trump\u2019s net worth, but now that he has taken over in Iran, he assumes a dominant role over the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n
The supreme leader heads the Execution of Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order, a state-owned conglomerate that was created after the seizure of thousands of properties in the wake of the Islamic revolution. According to Bloomberg, it manages billions of dollars worth of assets, commercial holdings and charities, operating in a wide array of sectors.<\/p>\n
Similarly, Khamenei also controls the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which began as a paramilitary force to ensure the regime\u2019s political power but eventually developed a diversified business empire of its own. That includes core industrial sectors like oil and transportation as well as banking, telecommunications, agriculture, medicine, and real estate.<\/p>\n
The IRGC uses affiliates to engage in business activities. For example, the\u00a0Khatam al-Anbiya engineering firm has built refineries, a railway line, a dam, and a natural gas pipeline. It also controls Tehran\u2019s international airport.<\/p>\n
Another pillar of the IRGC\u2019s business empire is its network of \u201cfoundations\u201d that essentially form semiprivate monopolies, though they began as organizations to advance religious and revolutionary goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, over time, wealth accumulation in the service of a wider range of ruling elite objectives, such as self-enrichment, political control, regime survival, and social engineering, became an end in itself,\u201d the Clingendael think tank said in an October report.\u00a0\u201cWhat began as vehicles for social justice evolved into corporate-style conglomerates that were shielded from oversight and yet central to the power base of the revolutionary state.\u201d<\/p>\n
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