We will never know how much Hosni Mubarak might have stolen. One so-called expert has even put the wealth of the deposed president of Egypt and his family at more than $40bn , which would make him one of the world’s richest men, alongside Carlos Slim, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Other estimates are much smaller but they still place him among the world’s billionaires.
Whatever the true extent of the Mubarak family fortune, it stands
in stark contrast to the lot of most Egyptians. Gross domestic product per capita in Egypt is a mere $2,500. In western Europe and North America GDP per capita is about $40,000, yet the capacities of Egypt’s intellectual and entrepreneurial elite are the rival of any state in the world.
您已閱讀17%（724字），剩余83%（3478字）包含更多重要信息，訂閱以繼續探索完整內容，并享受更多專屬服務。