As a civilian female college student born in the Middle East, Qatar's Princess Sheikh Moza's life history is like opening a top plug-in, all the way, making everyone breathtaking, known as the Middle East "Wu Zetian".
At the age of 18, he married the son of the enemy - the son of the head of state of Qatar, became a member of the Qatari royal family, earned 1 million pounds from the enemy at the age of 20, 27 years old, after 7 years of experience, successfully became the president of the first private investment group of the Qatari royal family, backed by the royal family to do the investment business, at the age of 36, instigated her husband to rebel and successfully overthrew the regime of the enemy.
Since then, she has opened her hand on behalf of the royal family, going to the United Kingdom to buy half of London's real estate and land for nearly 16 billion US dollars, investing in the construction of museums, taking back 400 million US dollars of art from Europe, recognizing the brand value of Valentino, and spending 1 billion to acquire it... In Forbes Magazine's "100 Most Powerful Women in the World", there is a name for him.
Princess Moza's life is simply a realistic version of the big heroine Shuangwen.
What is impressive is not only Princess Moza's patience in hiding around her enemies, but also her ability to "make money" and her extraordinary foresight and action.
1. Fatherly hatred and true love
Speaking of the reason why Moza married into the royal family, it is impossible to avoid her father-in-law, Khalifa.
In 1971, Qatar declared independence from years of British control, and in 1972, due to the massive exploitation of mineral resources such as natural gas in Qatar, many careerists began to be unable to hold back their desire for wealth.
At this time, Moza's father-in-law, Khalifa, quickly intervened, deposed his cousin, the first emir, Ahmet (emir is the name of the head of State of Qatar), and successfully ascended the throne.
Immediately after ascending to the throne, Khalifa began to deploy various means to monopolize the lifeblood of Qatar's economy , oil and gas.
Many people were dissatisfied with Khalifa's monopoly and saw it as a manifestation of the monopoly of the country's wealth, and the crowd united to set off a protest movement, of which Moza's father was one.
Unfortunately, their power was no match for Khalifa, Moza's father was arrested and imprisoned, his followers were forced into exile, and Moza, who was only 12 years old at the time, did not survive and began a life of displacement.
The hardships of life did not dampen the will of this legendary woman, and just a few years later, she worked hard to enter Qatar University as a university student in the Department of Sociology.
The pearl of dust needs to meet someone who can wipe off the dust in order to shine brightly, and at school, with a bright and beautiful appearance and a cheerful and intelligent personality, Moza, who has become a prominent figure, meets the most important noble person on her life road, and the most reliable partner, her husband Hamad, the two met at the school ball.
Unlike his father's short-sightedness and greed, and unlike the extravagant extravagance of other royals, Hamad, as the Crown Prince of Qatar, is a quick-thinking, open-minded, and practical doer.
Moza admired Hamad's wise and calm character, but also valued his status as crown prince, because although Khalifa was Moza's enemy, moza had no better way than to rely on her husband to achieve his desire to save his father and avenge his father's grievances.
After meeting each other, the two excellent people felt sorry for each other and soon fell in love, and when Moza was 18 years old, Hamadli defied the crowd and held a wedding with Moza.
However, the marriage of royals has always been unable to decide for themselves, hamad before marrying Moza, there is a wife who is married to stabilize the regime, And although Khalifa, who is quite dissatisfied with Moza's identity, has not stopped being a demon, because all the family members are exiled by Khalifa, Moza is unaccompanied at the wedding, at this time Khalifa actually let Hamad's first wife take the role of Moza's mother and participate in the wedding process.
And the first wife also humiliated Moza as a lowly and rough woman.
Moza accepted these offenses with a generous attitude, and those who could do great things could bend and stretch, and she put the overall situation first, and endured all the small actions of the Qatari royal family.
Hamad, who had been educated in advanced Western ideas because of his understanding of his wife's abilities and insights, actively encouraged Moza to leave the circle of royal marriage.
He has a deep love for Moza, knowing that his wife does not want to be imprisoned in royal etiquette and customs, and hoping that she will have a wider sky like a bird in the sky, and it is with his support that Moza's career potential can be fully developed.
Second, the cause and counterattack
Soon after marrying into the royal family, the clever Moza clearly saw that Khalifa was able to act arbitrarily in Qatar because of the country's rich oil and gas resources.
And the strong wealth force in the Middle East, where the rich gather, is undoubtedly a very favorable political chip.
After analyzing the consumer market in Qatar, Moza grasped the direction of people's consumption, took advantage of the rich pearl resources in Qatar, and played the first step in the processing and sales of pearls, and soon, the pearl products in her hands received a good response in Qatar.
As it turned out, her decision was the right one. Most wealthy people have a collector's fetish, and Moza's father-in-law, Khalifa, is no exception. In 1979, Moza received a natural black pearl worth £700,000, and Khalifa did not resist the temptation to take out 1 million pounds to pocket the treasure.
With the £1 million, Moza formally formed the company, and surprisingly, she did not squeeze into the oil industry, which everyone flocked to, but invested in the second step of her career in the artificial cultivation of pearls.
In her view, oil and gas, as a non-renewable resource, will always run out, and Qatar cannot rely on these resources to develop the country, so there is only one fate - sitting on the mountain.
In 1986, moza recruited and officially established the first private investment group of the royal family, with assets snowballing, and as she had more and more money in her hand, Moza had a long-term vision.
From the strength of the individual to the level of the country's prosperity, she actively promoted education and health reform measures, aiming to make everyone in Qatar free of charge to go to school and see a doctor for free. She clearly knows that a complete and advanced education system and medical security are the foundation for the long-term development of a country.
Hamad, whose husband, admired Moza's actions, was already dissatisfied with Qatar's antiquated and pedantic social system, studied in the West as a young man, saw the strength of developed countries in the West, and returned to Qatar to advocate economic reforms, and often had inevitable conflicts with conservatives represented by his father Khalifa.
Hamad found that Khalifa wanted to enjoy the present riches and not to think about the future of his country and his people.
Moza, who had been accompanying Hamad, realized her husband's dissatisfaction with her father-in-law, and she seized the opportunity to advise Hamad, whose loyalty to his father gradually wavered.
In 1995, Hamad took advantage of Khalifa's trip to Switzerland to launch a long-planned coup d'état.
The coup has been called a "bloodless coup" rarely seen in history. All this is due to the concerted efforts of Hamad and Moza, since participating in political affairs, Hamad has personally done everything and made many achievements that are beneficial to the country and the people, and Moza's success has also allowed the couple to gain a lot of recognition and praise in front of important national figures, so this coup has rarely been opposed, and has not caused armed struggle and large-scale chaos in the country.
Although Khalifa in Switzerland was angry and jumped to his feet, but there was no other way, Moza threw Hamad all his accounts frozen, he only bowed his head and confessed his fate, he could have a chance to come back, but the old Ha mentality was also good, after this battle he may realize that he is really not the material of the leader, so he no longer finds fault for his son, and he holds the money to enjoy his old age.
And Moza has been dormant for nearly twenty years, and finally earned a day for his family to be wronged.
3. Wealth and status
As mentioned earlier, Moza opened the door to wealth in his life through the pearl industry, and then had the capital and strength to support her husband in launching a coup. She was able to achieve so well under her father-in-law's rule, and since Qatar was in her husband's hands, Moza had let go.
The reform measures of free medical care and education for all have brought a huge financial burden to the Qatari government, and Moza saw the key to the problem and once again advised her husband that Qatar's small territory is difficult to develop an economy that guarantees the country's long-term development, and should take advantage of the money now to invest around the world, and use oil to turn money into money that can "make money".
Hamad agreed with his wife,but Moza was supported by the establishment of the National Investment Agency and served as an important official.
This time Moza is also stable and fierce, in 1997, she did a good job of preliminary research and analysis, into the British real estate market, a shot to spend 16 billion US dollars to win nearly half of the London property and land, shortly after, the British real estate industry took off, the Qatari government finally no longer rely on a single oil economy, but through investment began to obtain profits.
Moza's grandeur is not only this, after visiting the developed countries of Europe, her keen sense of business has found new business opportunities, this time she put the treasure on the artwork, unlike her father-in-law who takes pleasure in collecting, she developed the commercial value of these artworks.
In 1998, Moza spent $400 million to buy back a valuable shipment of art from Europe, including the controversial painter Kongs, and she planned to spend a fortune in Qatar to build a world-class art museum.
Although Hamad trusted Moza's ability, he had no heart for the commercial value of art, and for the first time he had a disagreement with Moza, Moza withstood the pressure, facing her husband's incomprehension and external pressure, she chose to use the results to tell them to shut up.
In 2000, the museum built by Moza privately was finally inaugurated, and she put all the artworks she had collected into the museum, and the fact once again showed that this time she made the right decision again, the museum attracted the world's attention, becoming a new cultural flag on the Arabian Peninsula, and by 2007, Kongs's sculptures were auctioned for more than $20 million, setting a world record for the highest auction of works by living artists.
Hamad no longer obstructed his wife's decision, since then, the National Investment Bureau represented by Moza has repeatedly bought international top art, driven by Moza, Qatar has built four world-class art galleries, countless precious artworks stationed in these pavilions, these pavilions not only integrate the assets and cultures of the world, but also drive the development of local tourism, enrich the spiritual life of the local people, can be described as a lot of success.
As the saying goes, money is made of money, the repeatedly victorious Moza certainly will not stop at art projects, after relying on the art museum to regain her husband's trust, Moza is more extensive in the field, the investment goal is more unique, the acquisition of the Italian luxury brand Valentino, $1 billion, the acquisition of the London Olympic Village, $900 million, the acquisition of the Manchester United football team, $1.9 billion... These large-scale investments are undoubtedly profitable.
Thanks to Moza's mind and courage, by 2012, Qatar's people were living a life that was the envy of the world, the unemployment rate in the country was almost zero, every Qatari citizen could enjoy free water, electricity, medical care and education, and almost every family had a car, a house and a nanny.
Among the well-to-do people of Qatar, there is a saying that "her appearance is the most beautiful thing that has happened in Qatar." This "she" naturally refers to Moza.
Fourth, good deeds and foresight
There is a saying in China, "The poor are alone, and the poor are good at helping the world." ”
In the Middle East, Qatar is a paradise that everyone aspires to, but other countries are not so lucky, because of the coveting of oil and other resources, they have been suffering from war and war to poverty for many years.
When the situation in Iraq was in turmoil, Moza went to comfort the refugees, in the face of civilians and children injured by the war, Moza felt compassion, she had planned to do international charity, she gave warm help to these people in urgent need, and then the Qatari government provided better welfare and legal assistance to the foreign migrant workers living in Qatar, accounting for 60% of the total population, but in Moza's heart, these are far from enough.
The life of the child outside the home has made her pay more attention to children and teenagers who are in urgent need of education and living security, and Moza's charity has continued to expand the scope of assistance, and even refugee children in South Sudan, Kenya and other regions can also get her help.
By 2012, after sufficient financial support had been prepared, Moza announced at the World Education Innovation Summit that a charity called "Educating Children" had been established to provide basic education rights to 61 million people worldwide.
While devoting himself to charity, Moza did not abdicate his responsibilities to Qatari nationals. Since her husband Hamad came to power in 1995, Moza has presided over the establishment of the Qatar Education and Science Development Fund, and in the 21st century, she has set her sights on higher education.
In order to let the young people in Qatar and the Arabian Peninsula no longer face the dilemma of studying, she purchased a large area of land on the outskirts of Doha to build an education city, and used her international relations to mobilize Georgetown University, the University of Virginia and other famous American universities to establish branch schools here, providing a steady stream of talent and intellectual support for the good development of the Qatari country.
In recent years, Moza has begun to build a medical center, which is expected to invest $7.9 billion to solve the problems caused by diseases, especially diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, AIDS and so on.
Mothers and women
Seeing moza do so many amazing feats, the average person will definitely think that she will probably have a career and a family, but in fact, if you look at the family, Moza is a mother of 8 children.
How successful is her education of her children, so to speak, the current emir of Qatar is Moza's child Tamim, for now, although Tamim is not as famous as his father and mother internationally, but he is also an excellent head of state.
And back to Moza herself, even if she is not the most "money-making" princess of the Qatari royal family, she is also a charming, unforgettable temperament of the great beauty.
It is said that among the people in the world who can afford to buy all the luxury customization, Moza is the one who can buy the most, even her turban is customized in Hermès, but who will dislike Moza's luxury, after all, she spends it herself.
The excellent body advantage coupled with the high-end accentuation, whenever it appears in the public eye, Mozza's decent clothing and elegant posture will attract people's attention. When she appeared in the romantic capital of France in a long rose red dress, even the first lady of France, Carabloni, who was once a supermodel, stood next to her.
Today, this legendary woman is still active in the eyes of people all over the world, and I believe that whether it is the people of Qatar or others who have benefited from her, they are looking forward to her adding a few more wonderful clips to her brilliant life history.
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