Rich and Famous

• Reporters were able to verify Team Jorge’s claims to access messaging accounts of important political targets and deploy social media campaigns orchestrated via fake accounts.
• Team Jorge appears to have meddled in last year’s Kenyan presidential election, which was plagued by disinformation.
• The secretive group includes people with experience in Israeli security services.

Exposing its secret strategies to the world for the first time, one group of Israeli disinformation experts pitched its services to journalists posing as potential clients interested in disrupting an African election.

“This is our experience… to hurt the logistics of the opponents, to intimidate them, to create an atmosphere that nobody will go to the elections,” said a member of Team Jorge – as the secretive group refers to itself – during a July 2022 video call.

In several calls and one in-person meeting, members of the team – led by a man calling himself “Jorge” – described “intelligence and influence” services they said they deployed for their clients. They claimed to have worked on “33 presidential-level campaigns”, 27 of them “successful”.

Their tactics include hacking, forging blackmail material, spreading disinformation, planting false intelligence, physically disrupting elections and deploying targeted social media campaigns.

Reporters were able to verify that some of…

Sheikh Mansour is also the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the owner of the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), the investment company that bought the Manchester City Football Club in 2008. So, he technically owns the FC.

As a billionaire whose estimated worth is in the order of several dozens of billions of dollars, the Sheikh is a man accustomed not just to the finest things in life but the most expensive and exclusive as well. His megayacht is proof of that, even though he’s now in the process of replacing it with a new one. Even such amazing toys can become boring after some time.

Delivered in May 2012, Topaz was the fourth largest privately-owned vessel in the world at the time, but it’s since slipped on that ranking to number eight. That said, it is still considered one of the most luxurious yachts out there, and with a price tag estimated at anything between $650 million and $900 million, it’s definitely among the most expensive. Partial funding for it came from the 1MDB investment fund, one of the world’s biggest financial scandals to date, and this brought…

There’s no shortage of stories about the lavish spending of the rich and famous. Athletes, movie stars and business magnates love their yachts and estates, and regular people love to read about the glamorous lives they live.

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Some of them, however, live incredibly basic lives of frugality and penny-pinching, just like the masses who do the same out of necessity. The following rich people have the cash to exist in a world of splendor and excess — they just choose not to.

Warren Buffett

Despite now being in his 90s, the Oracle of Omaha remains the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and in terms of net worth, Warren Buffett is near the tippy top of the pyramid. A member of the elite 12-figure club, Forbes estimates his personal fortune to be $110 billion.

Yet, he lives a very plain lifestyle.

Buffett is a walking lesson in how to live frugally, which he has demonstrated by living in the same house he bought in 1958. He once told Berkshire Hathaway investors, “For the $31,500 I paid for our house, my family and I gained 52 years of terrific memories, with more to come.”

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Mark Zuckerberg

You might not think of this as what rich people do, but Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been seen driving an Acura valued at around…

On Dec. 16 last year, the Maersk Sana, a Singapore-registered cargo ship, cruised into the United States and docked at the Port of Miami an hour before dawn. On board was a container carrying 51,000 pounds of Burmese timber bound for wood trader Florida Teak.

The West Palm Beach firm boasts of being the supplier for a company that provides teak used to build decks on Viking boats. Viking is a premier boat manufacturer whose yachts are owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse.

Teak from Myanmar (formerly called Burma) is coveted by yacht owners and builders for its pliancy and water-resistance, but it has a dark side: The country of 54 million is run by a military junta that has so far killed at least 3,000 and arrested more than 19,000 civilians, according to human rights groups. The nation has descended into civil war.

In April 2021, in the aftermath of a…

The legendary brand favored by Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali has crafted everything from crocodile-trimmed luggage to a 24-karat gold Colt .38.

The House of Bijan is one of the most illustrious names in men’s lifestyle and fashion—practically a byword for luxury itself, thanks to founder Bijan Pakzad who practically invented the concept when he established the brand in the mid-1970s.

He was among the very first modern menswear designers to institute a by-appointment-only policy at his boutiques, first in Beverly Hills and later New York, which instantly created an air of exclusivity. And of course it didn’t hurt that his wares included what one of his advertisements once heralded as “the costliest men’s wear in the world.”

Bijan soon expanded into incredibly sybaritic lifestyle items, including a full set of crocodile-trimmed luggage for $65,000. He once even designed a $10,000 Colt .38 caliber automatic pistol made with 24-karat gold parts.

His Beverly Hills boutique, opened in 1976 and dubbed…

He’s a jet-setter who can often be found kicking back on billionaires’ luxurious yachts in the world’s most stunning ports. 

And newly-single Leonardo DiCaprio has once again set sail on another boat trip with a host of bikini-clad beauties.

The Oscar winner has dated a string of models since becoming an international star thanks to his role as Jack in 1997’s Titanic, but is yet to marry. 

The actor, 48, was most recently linked to model Victoria Lamas, 23, after they were seen together three times in a week late last month following reports that Gigi Hadid was not ‘serious’ about their short-lived romance.

It comes after he ended his four year relationship with Camila Morrone, 25, in August.

 As he sets sail on another trip, MailOnline looks back at his yacht holidays over the years with very glamorous companions. 

January 2023 in St Barts 

Leo enjoyed some fun in the sun as he rang in the New Year off the coast of St. Barts on Monday with several stunning female pals.

Among the guests on Leo’s lavish getaway is model Madison Headrick, 29, who was spotted aboard the vessel, as well as his longtime A-list friend Tobey Maguire. 

He appeared relaxed and tranquil as he chatted with his pals on board the boat, including Charlie’s Angels actress Ella Balinska.

Ex: It comes after he ended his four year relationship with Camila Morrone, 25, in…

Almost 40 years since departing his post as general manager at the Sheraton Grand Mirage, hotel industry veteran Erhard Hotter still gets nervous about ‘naming names’.

As the former gatekeeper at one of Australia’s most infamous and hedonistic hotels during the 80s and 90s, it’s no surprise.

Hotter, a quietly spoken German now all but retired at 82, once presided over all aspects of the iconic Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort on the Gold Coast – a hotel which hit headlines this week after it went on the market for $200million.

Built by fugitive developer Christopher Skase in 1985 – 16 years before he would die of stomach cancer in Spain – the hotel became the ultimate beacon of 80s excess, where guests from all over Australia and the world would come to cut loose.

Guests from all over Australia and the world would come to holiday and cut loose at the Sheraton Mirage, located at the Southport Spit

‘And some of them are still alive today so I don’t like to be too specific,’ Hotter – who served as GM from 1988 to 1995 – told Daily Mail Australia.

‘But of course we attracted some very high-profile people. A lot of Hollywood actors and famous people from Europe as well.

‘And the very wealthy from Sydney and Melbourne. The Mirage was the kind of place that built a reputation of social theatre and it was our job to make sure guests got everything they wanted.’

On one…

In tandem with his net worth and career earnings, Tom Brady is privy to a lavish lifestyle. Along with million-dollar properties and deals, the recently retired GOAT also owns a stellar yacht, the Wajer 77.

However, a few incorrect claims had people believing that Brady’s yacht was bigger than the ever-iconic (and tragic) RMS Titanic. As per reports, a June 2022 advertisement claimed that Brady’s yacht was indeed bigger than the Titanic. The ad itself was false and misled people who clicked on it.

The headline only focused on Brady’s yacht and the Titanic, and contained no further comparative facts. Furthermore, the YourDIY.com article was about ‘Most Expensive Celebrity Yachts’, not just focusing on the seven-time Super Bowl winner.

Brady’s section focused on his own yacht and how expensive it is.

Comparing to the Titanic, however, was out of question. The passenger liner, which sank in April…