The world's richest and its vast business empire sunk to the bottom of the sea

The Titanic, sleeping at the bottom of the Atlantic, may not know that more than 100 years later, it is still a legendary existence. Its legend may not only lie in the record-breaking death toll caused by this shipwreck, but also in the fact that the last journey of the lives of many of the world's rich is tied to it.

Like a huge spell, the wreckage of the sightseeing boat "Titan" was recently discovered. This further gives confidence that the sightseeing boat "Titanic", which is sightseeing the wreckage of the "Titanic", has implode in the deep sea, and all five crew members on board have died. Coincidentally, the sightseeing boat "Titan" also carried two of the world's richest people.

They disappeared into the deep sea, but the story is emerging.

Born in Hong Kong, China, Chairman of Action Aviation

Born in Hong Kong in 1964, Harding has been obsessed with airplanes since he was a child. This hobby was planted like a seed in his life.

At the age of 13, he joined the Air Training Corps, a youth organization sponsored by the RAF, and learned to fly airplanes. In 1985, he obtained his pilot's licence while attending Pembroke College, Cambridge. After great success in IT, he switched careers to aviation. Harding founded his own aircraft company, Action Aviation, in 2004.

The name of the company is exactly what he lived his life. Harding is always excited about adventures – like going to space, or sending 8 cheetahs to India, crossing the Challenger Abyss, or climbing Kilimanjaro.

Initially, Action Aviation sold Cyberjet SJ30 aircraft. Harding liked the SJ30 very much, but the project ultimately failed. He and Action Aviation's general manager, Mark Butler, vowed never to do distribution again. Subsequently, Action Aviation became an aircraft dealership broker. Action Aviation is happy to take cash and buy all kinds of aircraft around the world. As an intrepid buyer, Action Aviation often stocks several aircraft at once.

Today, Mobile Aviation has become a global business aviation sales company. Action Aviation looks globally for hard-to-procure aircraft and offers asset-based financing to some customers. They also provide extensive aircraft knowledge and help business jet buyers find the right aircraft for their needs and budget. Its clients include professional representatives of Fortune 100 companies, international companies, heads of state, families and VIPs from the sports and entertainment industries.

Harding lives in Dubai, UAE all year round. His villa in Dubai's Palm has a one-of-a-kind office: all of Hardin's credit cards hang on the wall, and a tree inside hangs all of Hardin's mobile phones that Harding has used for more than 30 years. There is a huge Emirates A380 aircraft in the office, as well as a bathtub gifted by the Dubai government. On the beach outside the window, Harding placed a replica of the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. "If you don't climb to the top, it's a dream."

Harding spent his childhood in Hong Kong, China, and lived in the Middle East and India all year round. He still came across as a gentleman, an amateur explorer, just like the Victorian explorers he admired.

As an explorer, Harding seems to be working seldom hard. But in fact, the Action Aviation team often stays up all night to complete deals involving Asian sellers and U.S. buyers. He loves business as much as he loves adventure. When he flew the Gulfstream G650 around the world to win the world record for the fastest "pole-to-pole" circumnavigation of the world, he was still flying South Pole, sending information related to aircraft deals. According to foreign media reports, in fact, under his gentlemanly amateur explorer style, there is a soul of a dedicated profit-seeker.

As an explorer, he was a founding member of the board of directors of the New York-based Explorers Club. This club has been involved in many of the world's most prestigious discoveries. He also holds three Guinness World Records, including the longest stay in the deepest part of the Mariana Trench when diving into it.

He also participated in two record-breaking trips to the South Pole: in 2016, he accompanied astronaut Buzz Aldrin to the South Pole, who also became the oldest person to reach the South Pole. In 2020, he went there with his son Giles, who became the youngest person to reach the South Pole.

In 2019, Harding's name made headlines because, as a member of the flight crew, he broke the world record by making a circumnavigation of the world at the fastest speed around the poles. That same year, Harding became one of the first to dive into the Pacific Ocean "Challenger Abyss," widely believed to be the deepest place in the world.

To celebrate his various explorations and adventures in the world, Harding often speaks out on social media, but his wife, Linda, seems to be the opposite of him and rarely appears. Linda and Harding, along with their two sons, Rory and Giles, live in Dubai. Both boys are not big, they look like teenagers.

Just after the sightseeing boat accident, friends and people from all walks of life expressed their concern to them on social media, but the family remained silent. Giles runs a social media account with his father called "Giles Quest," which documents some of the adventures he went through with his father.

Through this account, it is possible to see how Giles previously entered the cockpit of one of his jets with his father.

Harding and Linda have three stepchildren. Brian is one of Harding's two stepsons. Harding has a daughter, Lauren, who was not born to him and Linda.

Brian has confirmed on social media that his stepfather was one of the missing people on the Titan. Brian later deleted the post. In a second post on Facebook, he explained: "For privacy, my mom asked me to delete all related posts. Thank you for your support. However, while Hardin's life and death were uncertain, Brian posted an online post on June 19, revealing that he had participated in a Blink-182 concert. He then defended himself, writing that "it can be unpleasant here, but my family wants me to play at Blink-182 because it's my favorite band and the music will help me get through it!" ”

According to foreign media reports, Harding's net worth in 2023 is about $1 billion.

Love of nature and titanic descendants of influential business families in Pakistan

When Shahzada Daoud, 48, walked into the Titan with his 19-year-old son, Surman Daoud, wife Christine hugged them tightly. "I was happy for them because they really wanted to do it." Christine said in an interview with reporters.

Sulman Daoud, a 19-year-old young applicant, looked a little embarrassed. "He was a little scared and felt that the underwater world was so scary, but it was Father's Day." Sulman's aunt said this in an interview. He carries a Rubik's cube with him, which is his favorite thing and carries it with him wherever he goes. This time he wanted to break a world record for recovering a Rubik's Cube at 3,700 meters under the sea, and he thought that would be cool. At the same time, he also carries a camera as he captures the fascinating world underwater.

However, the unfathomable seabed finally revealed its hideous appearance. Shahzada Daoud and his son sank to the bottom of the sea. His wife, Christine, and his 17-year-old daughter, Alina, were on board the Polar Prince without waiting for their loved ones to come home.

A psychologist, writer and entrepreneur, wife Christine persevered through the interview. She said that she and her son love the Rubik's Cube and that she will keep that love in his place. She will continue to do her husband's job. "He's been involved in a lot of things and has helped a lot of people, and I want to continue what he does, which is also important to my daughter."

Shahzada's wife, Christine Daoud, is a German-born coach and psychologist. In 2019, Christine and Shahzada were on a plane when they encountered bad weather. "The plane passed through the storm and there were multiple 'falls'". This experience led her from an engineer to a psychologist. "I've read many times that people often start praying in such situations that their past lives will flash through their minds like a movie. My husband later said he didn't want to miss out on what he wanted to do anymore and wanted to work hard to teach his children. Christine wrote in her article.

Christine has always praised her husband for being curious about the world and as easily excited and excited as a child. "He's the kind of guy who likes to watch documentaries after dinner." His interests include photography, especially wildlife photography, and exploring different natural habitats, while son Surman is a big fan of science fiction literature. ”

Shahzada's Instagram profile, 48, is like a memoir: plastered with photographs of birds, flowers and landscapes, including sunsets in the Kalahari Desert, ice fields in Greenland, penguins in Shetland and a bird in London.

Shahzada's sister said Shahzada was "very fascinated" with the Titanic since he was a child. In his free time, Shahzada likes to go to the museum to see various wrecks salvaged from the Titanic.

However, in his soul of nature and monuments, the blood of the Daoud family still flows, and there is a brave and warlike entrepreneur in the mall.

Shahzada was born on 12 February 1975 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He studied law at the University of Buckingham in the UK and later obtained a Master's degree in Textile Marketing from the University of Philadelphia. In 2012, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Shahzada Daoud is behind him a prominent family that has had a great influence on Pakistan, the Daoud family. The family is considered one of the wealthiest in Pakistan and has close ties to the British. The Daoud family's industries cover almost every other sector in Pakistan's agriculture, health sector and other industries. The family's earliest business was founded by Shahzada's grandfather, Ahmed Daoud. Ahmed Daoud was a veteran industrialist in India. By 1933, Hamed's company had become the largest supplier of imported yarn to Indian textile mills. After the partition of India and Pakistan, he and his three brothers immigrated to England to form the Dawood Corporation. Starting with a small office and a shop in Karachi, the Daoud family grew over the next few decades to become the business giants in Pakistan and around the world today.

Shahzada Daoud joined the board of directors of the Daoud family company Anglo in 2003 as Vice Chairman, chaired by his father Hassan Daoud. Anglo invests in a number of sectors, including energy and related infrastructure, agricultural output, petrochemicals and telecommunications infrastructure, and is committed to helping Pakistan emerge from the energy crisis. Shahzada Daoud has achieved Andrew's growth and technological innovation through mergers and acquisitions of diversified publicly traded companies in textiles, fertilizer, food and energy. During his tenure at Anglo, he also championed a "culture of learning, sustainability and diversity".

Shahzada is also involved in the Daoud family's philanthropic causes, including the Anglo Foundation, which supports smallholder farmers, and the Daoud Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on education. The Anglo Foundation uses an inclusive business model that targets low-income communities where Anglo businesses are located, providing people in that community with opportunities to develop their skills and earn a living through innovation. The Daoud Foundation has established Daoud University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi Business School, the Magnifi Science Centre, Pakistan's first contemporary science museum, and the Daoud Public School, which provides high-quality science education for girls.

Khalid Mansour, another former colleague of Shahzada's, said Shahzada was a passionate advocate of environmental protection. He is also a trustee of the SETI Institute. The SETI Institute is a California-based research institute dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life.

It is worth mentioning that Shahzada was a very good personal friend of King Charles III of England. He is a member of the Global Advisory Board of Charles III's charity, the Prince Trust, and one of the founders of the UK Asia Trust. After learning of Shahzada's disappearance, Buckingham Palace issued a statement saying Charles III said he "asked to be kept informed of the progress of the rescue operation" and that he would always pray for the missing Shahzada and others on board.

In response to the death of Shahzada Daoud, Atta Rahman, a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former Minister of Science of Pakistan, said, "In the past five or six decades, the Daoud family has made great contributions to education and science" and "The deaths of Shahzada Daoud and Sulman Daoud are a great tragedy for Pakistan." ”

Members of the Daoud family posted a statement on the Foundation's website about Shahzada Daoud and Surman Daoud and thanked all those who participated in the rescue operation and supported them.

This article is from Silver Persimmon Finance