Chasing camels in the desert and taking a cheetah for a ride in his Mercedes:

Inside the super-bling life of the Saudi playboy whose fleet of golden cars has taken London by storm 

• Saudi billionaire has caused a stir in Knightsbridge after flying over a fleet of gold vehicles to get him around
• His online social media accounts show him driving cars through the desert as well as burning rubber in London
• Little is known about the super-rich car-lover, who is thought to be linked to a branch of the Saudi royal family

Driving between Mayfair boutiques in a fleet of golden supercars might seem like the height of extravagance to most people - but for Turki Bin Abdullah, it's just an average day.

The super-rich Saudi has caused quite a stir in west London in recent days as his golden Bentley, Lamborghini and Rolls Royce have been seen touring the streets and parked outside luxury hotels.

But MailOnline can today reveal the incredible lifestyle of the vehicles' billionaire owner, who divides his time between the oil-rich Middle East and the luxury hotels of London and Paris.

Saudi billionaire Turki Bin Abdullah is the man behind the fleet of incredible golden supercars currently touring wealthy parts of west London

Bin Abdullah is shown on Instagram in one of his vehicles and with friends on a private jet as he head between the Middle East and Europe

In one of the most bizarre pictures on the Instagram account, a cheetah is pictured apparently strapped in to the driving seat of one of the cars

This is the view from behind the wheel of Bin Abdullah's £350,000 Lamborghini Aventador SV, which has been seen in London this week

The photos and videos posted on instagram document Bin Abdullah's globetrotting lifestyle as he takes his money and his cars between the oil-rich states of the Middle East to the most exclusive streets of Europe.

In one video, he is shown chasing a camel down a steep desert slope in his £370,00 six-wheel Mercedes G63. A friend jokes: 'My drive home from school'.

Another clip, posted just a few weeks ago, shows him filming himself as he drives his £350,000 Lamborghini Aventador SV in west London, followed by friends in another of his golden vehicles.

Another driving video shows him wearing two expensive watches on his wrist as he is apparently escorted by a police car on a road in the Middle East.

One of the most bizarre photos posted on the social network shows a cheetah strapped into driving seat of his Mercedes jeep as one of his 51,000 followers comments: 'That is some serious dollar'.

Bin Abdullah also posts photos of his cars parked in exclusive locations in Paris, London and Dubai as he flies them around the world to be with him at great expense. He is also seen frequenting expensive restaurants including Home Bakery in Dubai.

In a video on the account, the driver of one of the supercars is shown sporting two watches. In another, he posts the view from a luxury hotel

Bin Abdullah's pride at his golden fleet of cars is clear from the pictures, most of which feature one or all of them in a series of locations

Four of the golden cars, others of which are pictured here, have been seen in London this week, with some getting parking tickets

Bin Abdullah pays thousands to have his beloved vehicles brought to Europe every year. He is thought to transports them by plane

The gold cars were spotted parked outside the five-star Mandarian Oriental hotel near Hyde Park over the Bank Holiday weekend before being driven through Kensington. Their journey also took them to Cadogan Place, where the average house price is just over £5.2million.

It is not known how much it costs to cover the cars in gold chrome wrap, but previous reports suggest it is in the region of £4,000 per vehicle.

The annual influx of supercars from the Middle East has become well known in London and tourists now travel from around the world to look at the expensive machines and have photos taken with them.

It is thought owners pay in excess of £20,000 to fly their vehicles around 3,000 miles to London. Qatar Airways is one of the operators that facilitates the transportation, with airport staff securing vehicles to the floor of the relevant aircraft before flight.

Last year, following numerous complaints, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea introduced a Public Spaces Protection Order in Knightsbridge.

Motorists are now banned from revving their engine, rapidly accelerating, racing, performing stunts, sounding horns or causing obstructions. They are also prohibited from leaving the engine of a stationary car running.

The Manchester United fan's social media accounts contain pictures of him with a number of Saudi officials, including this military figure

Another photo shows Bin Abdullah's cars lined up in a desert setting. All four cars, a £370,00 Mercedes G63, a six-wheel off-roader, a Bentley Flying Spur, worth £220,000, a £350,000 Rolls-Royce and a £350,000 Lamborghini Aventador SV, have been flown to London this year

The six-wheel Mercedes, a similar model to which once featured on Top Gear, is designed to be driven through the desert rather than London

Michael Jordan was the richest retired athlete in the world last year - and his overall worth is estimated at over $1billion

• Michael Jordan tops a Forbes list of the highest-paid retired athletes
• The basketball legend earned £76.5million ($110m) last year
• The 53-year-old is estimated to be worth over a billion dollars
• David Beckham, Arnold Palmer, Junior Bridgeman and Jerry Richardson make the top five  

Michael Jordan - the face of his own Nike brand - has retained his place at the top of Forbes list of highest-paid retired athletes.

The basketball legend, who stopped playing in 2003, earned £76.5million ($110m) in 2015 and is estimated to be worth over a billion dollars, according to the American business magazine.

Sales of Nike's Jordan brand rose by 14 per cent in the USA last year and the 53-year-old - who starred for the Chicago Bulls in his prime - beats retired footballer, and global superstar, David Beckham into second place on Forbes' list.

Legendary basketball player Michael Jordan (centre) tops Forbes' list of the highest-paid retired athletes

The 53-year-old, who retired in 2003, raked in £76.5m last year and is estimated to be worth over $1billion

Former England captain David Beckham (left) is second on the Forbes list after earning over £45m in 2015 

RETIRED RICH LIST TOP FIVE

1. Michael Jordan - retired in 2003 (Basketball) - £76.5m ($110m)

2. David Beckham - retired in 2013 (Football) - £45.2 m ($65m)

3. Arnold Palmer - retired in 2006          (Golf) - £27.8m ($40m)

4. Junior Bridgeman - retired in 1987 (Basketball) - £22.3m ($32m)

5. Jerry Richardson - retired in 1960 (American football) - £21m ($30m) 

Nike want to double their Jordan brand revenue by 2020. 

Beckham, who won 115 England caps before retiring in 2013, earned £45.2m ($65m) last year with a huge portfolio of endorsement deals.

He is one of the most recognisable men in the world and his profile will increase even more in the the coming years as he leads the creation of a Major League Soccer team based in Miami.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid player is followed on the list by golfer Arnold Palmer, who earned £27.8m ($40m) last year.

The 86-year-old is the oldest member of the top 10, and largely owes his fortune to a huge presence in Asia where there are 500 Arnold Palmer-branded stores.

Arnold Palmer, 86, is the oldest member in the top 10 after earning £27.8m with his business portfolio last year 

He has owned the Bay Hill golf resort for over 40 years and has a line of drinks under his name to supplement his post-career fortune, which dwarves the earnings he made as a player. 

Junior Bridgeman (basketball, £22.3m/$32m) and Jerry Richardson (American football, £21m/$30m) complete the top five.

Jack Nicklaus (golf, $26m), Shaquille O'Neal (basketball, $22m), Roger Penske (racing, $20m), Gary Player (golf, $19m) and Ervin 'Magic' Johnson (basketball, $18m) all make the top 10.

Pele, widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time, is in 13th place after raking in £9.7m last year, nearly 40 years after retiring.

Chinese tennis player Li Na, who stopped playing in 2014, is the highest-ranked female in 14th place.

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Bill Gates remains richest man in world in 2016 list of billionaires

Bill Gates remains richest man in world in 2016 list of billionaires - and Mark Zuckerberg rises ten spots to number six

• Bill Gates topped Forbes' richest billionaires list for the third year in a row
• With a net worth of $75billion, the Microsoft head has hit the top spot 17 times out of the last 22 years
• Zara’s Amancio Ortega, Warren Buffett and Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu came in second, third and fourth, respectively
• Others who made the top ten include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos at fifth, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook at sixth and Oracle’s Larry Ellison at seventh
• Michael Bloomberg came in eighth, and tied for ninth are David and Charles Koch
• Forbes found 1,810 billionaires this year, down from 2015’s record of 1,826

Bill Gates topped the list of the world’s richest billionaires for the 17th time in 22 years, it has been revealed.

Though the 60-year-old Microsoft head is $4.2billion poorer than 2015, his net worth of $75billion has put him in the top spot of the spot on Forbes' World Billionaires list for the third year in a row, after overcoming Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu in 2014.

Helu came in fourth in Forbes’ 2016 list of 1,810 billionaires, behind Gates, Zara’s Amancio Ortega and business mogul Warren Buffett, respectively.

Others who made the top ten include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos at fifth on the list, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook at sixth, Oracle’s Larry Ellison at seventh, Michael Bloomberg at eighth, and tied for ninth are David and Charles Koch.

With a net worth of $75billion, Microsoft head Bill Gates hit the top spot on Forbes' 2016 World Billionaires list for the third year in a row

Zara’s Amancio Ortega (left) is worth $67billion. Warren Buffett (right), 85, of Berkshire Hathaway came in third on the billionaires list, with a net worth of $60.8billion

Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu (left) came in fourth on the list with $50billion, while Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos (right) took the fifth spot on the billionaires list with $45.2billion

Zuckerberg, 31, had the best year of all billionaires, having added $11.2billion to his fortune and moving up from number 16 to six on the list.

This is Zuckerberg's and Amazon's Jeff Bezos' first appearance in the top ten of Forbes' annual ranking. 

The top ten billionaires rake in a net worth of approximately $505.4billion.  

Forbes found 1,810 billionaires this year, down from last year’s record of 1,826. The aggregate net worth of the billionaires was $6.48trillion, $570billion less than last year.

The average net worth of a billionaire dropped for the first time since 2010 and sits at $3.6billion, down $300million from last year.

While 221 people fell off the billionaires list this year, 198 people joined the ranks. Twenty-nine from the 2015 list died, while another 29 rejoined the list after having fallen off.

Noteable drop-offs include fashion designer Tory Burch, Sam Adams head Jim Koch and Dick’s Sporting Goods chief Edward Stack.

Of those billionaires who made it on to this year and last year’s list, 892 are poorer while only 501 have increased their fortunes.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg broke the list's top ten this year, moving up from number 16 to number six on the list

Oracle's Larry Ellison (left) is ranked seventh on Forbes' billionaires list, with a net worth of $43.6billion. Michael Bloomberg (right) is not far behind in eighth, with a net worth of $40billion

Brothers Charles (left) and David (right) Koch round out the top ten of Forbes' billionaires list, each having a net worth of $39.6billion

Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, whose company owns AMC Theaters climbed into the top 20.

Notable newcomers to the list include Cameron Mackintosh, the first theater producer to enter the ranks, WeWork’s Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey and Pinterest’s Ben Silbermann and Evan Sharp.

WHO FELL OF BILLIONAIRES LIST?

• Fashion designer Tory Burch
• Sam Adams head Jim Koch
• Dick’s Sporting Goods chief Edward Stack
• J Michael Pearson, CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International 
• Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, founder of Biocoin 
• Marc, Oliver and Alexander Samwer, Rocket Internet 

Neumann, Silbermann and Sharp are three of 66 billionaires under 40 years old, a record for the Forbes list.

The youngest on the list is 19-year-old Norwegain heiress Alexandra Andresen, who holds a 42 per cent stake in her family’s business. Her 20-year-old sister is the second youngest on the list.

Andreson, a professional dressage competitor, and her sister are ranked the 1,475th richest people in the world after their father Johan F Andresen transferred his stake in Norway's biggest company, Ferd Holdings, to his daughters in 2007. 

Zhou Qunfei is the richest self-made woman in the world, holding a $5.9billion fortune from smartphone screens. She is one of 190 women to make the list, down from 197 last year.

US billionaires hold 540 spots on the list, more than any other country in the world. In second is China with 251 and German with 120. 

The youngest on the list is 19-year-old Norwegain heiress Alexandra Andresen, who holds a 42 per cent stake in her family’s business. She and her 20-year-old sister are ranked the 1,475th richest people in the world

Fashion designer Tory Burch was one of the many former billionaires to fall off of Forbes' list this year

The ultimate Top Trumps car: Bugatti's Veyron

 

• All new hypercar dubbed 'most powerful and fastest production car ever' unveiled at Geneva Motor Show
• First road car to produce 1,500bhp needs special tyres to handle the power and can reach 62mph in 2.5 seconds 
• Just 500 to be built with deposits already been taken for a third of them
• A 'Top Speed Key' is needed for the full 261mph, though Bugatti said it will go even quicker 

Bugatti's long-awaited successor to the Veyron has arrived, and the all-new Chiron not only looks outrageous it has performance figures that would embarrass F1 cars.

Officially launched on the eve of the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, it's been dubbed the 'world's most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car' to be built.

Based on the numbers, it will gazump everything else out there in a game of Top Trumps, with a 261mph top speed, 1,500bhp power output and a £1.9million asking price.

Blistering: Bugatti launched the Chiron, its long-awaited successor to the Veyron, at the Geneva Motor Show yesterday

That 1,500bhp is no mean feat for any car – Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes F1 car has a reported 900bhp – and is the only road-legal motor to have such an astonishing output.

It's produced by an 8.0-litre, W16-cylinder, quad-turbo engine featuring two-stage inter-cooling. 

Put into plain English, it's enough grunt to fire this Nasa-looking road shuttle from a standstill to 62mph in 2.5 seconds.

For this to happen you do need a special key, though, called the Top Speed Key – without it the Chiron will tap out at a top speed of 236mph. That's more than three times the national speed limit on a UK motorway, so barely pedestrian.

Even more frightening is that Bugatti calls the 261mph top speed as for 'road use' and believes it will go even quicker if the full power was unleashed. The highest speed listed on the Chiron's clocks is 500kph, equating to an eye-popping 310mph.

Planting all those horses into the tarmac requires some serious engineering knowhow as well as a permanent all-wheel drive system and bespoke tyres that were specially developed at an aerospace facility to endure the torment of all that power. 

Fantastic figures: The Chiron has top speed of 261mph, 1,500bhp power output and a £1.9million asking price

Luxury: The Chiron has been dubbed the 'world's most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car' to be built

Grunt: The Chiron's 8.0-litre, W16-cylinder, quad-turbo engine (left) featuring two-stage inter-cooling which can power the car from 0 to 62mph in 2.5 seconds. It even comes with its own luggage custom built to fit the front bay.

As well as being mind-meltingly fast, it will also be supremely exclusive, with just 500 being made in total at a rate of 50 to 65 models per year, Bugatti said.

And to match the other outrageous spec sheet figures, the price is no small digit either – Bugatti wants €2.4m for each one.

Wolfgang Dürheimer, Bugatti's president, said: “It is part of human nature to cross boundaries and set new records – to run 100 m faster than ever before, to fly even further into space and to enter new realms. 

'This striving is also our driving force at Bugatti. 

'The Chiron is the result of our efforts to make the best even better. 

'Bugatti has tested the limits of physics. 

'There is no area where we have not achieved significant improvements.' 

As well as being mind-meltingly fast, it will also be supremely exclusive, with just 500 being made in total at a rate of 50 to 65 models per year, Bugatti said.

Bugatti, said it plans to test the full potential of the Chiron's brute power by putting it up for a world speed record test – it could end the debate about the fastest car built, which is currently held by the Hennessey Venom GT with a 270.49mph top speed.

Even with a price tag like that you have to get an order in quick if you want one – the carmaker claims to have taken deposits of €200,000 or $250,000 for 180 Chirons already, way before the car officially goes on sale in autumn this year.

H.R. Owen is the only officially approved Bugatti dealer in the UK and is the only dealer officially approved to sell and service the Chiron and the Veyron. 

MORE MIND-MEDLING FACTS ABOUT BUGATTI'S NEW CHIRON HYPERCAR 

• The world's first production sports car with 1500 HP (at 6700rpm) – almost 300bhp more than the Veyron
• Maximum speed is 261mph with 0-62mph in less than 2.5 seconds
• The two main catalytic converters are six times as large as the unit fitted to an average family car
• The active surface of all six catalytic converters corresponds to an area greater than 30 football pitches
• The transmission has the largest, highest performance clutch fitted to a passenger car
• Monocoque chassis is as rigid an an LMP1 race car
• New braking system features Formula One technical modules
• The electrical system has the electromagnetic compatibility comparable to that of a military vehicle
• Bugatti emblem crafted from solid 970 fine silver and enamel
• More than 60,000 litres of air per minute are pushed through the engine
• In one minute, 800 litres of water are circulated through the engine
• Chiron has 10 radiators, the most sophisticated and highest performing cooling system fitted to a sports car

Exclusive: Just 500 Chirons will be built and Bugatti say deposits have already been taken for a third of them

Grand entrance: The new Bugatti is rolled out ahead of the 86th International Motor Show in Geneva

To reach the Chrion's incredible top speed of 261mph, the driver will first need to insert a special 'Top Speed Key' without which it will tap out at a still  awe-inspiring 236mph

The dealer's brand director, Anita Krizsan, has sold more Veyrons than anyone else in Europe and is one of a small number of people in the world to have experienced the full performance capability of the Veyron, doing so at the official Bugatti test facility in Italy.

She said: 'With only 500 due to be produced, the Bugatti Chiron is set to be a rare sight anywhere in the world. It is a real privilege, therefore, that H.R. Owen will be the only place in the UK that you will be able to buy the world's fastest, most powerful and most luxurious car.

'We can't wait to see the car arrive at our showroom in Berkeley Square in Mayfair when it is launched later this year.'

Bugatti, said it plans to test the full potential of the Chiron's brute power by putting it up for a world speed record test – it could end the debate about the fastest car built, which is currently held by the Hennessey Venom GT with a 270.49mph top speed.