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Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is one of the sons of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and is a member of the Royal Family of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Sheikh Mansour is an accomplished horse rider and has won a number of Endurance Racing tournaments held in the Middle East.

He is thought to be worth well over £33 billon since his family assets stretch to a combined £322 billion. The Royal Family also own a very big oil company, which is the biggest oil refiner in U.A.E, in addition to the Royal Palace, which is worth between £6-8 billion.^{[citation needed]}

Sheikh Mansour has a number of responsibilities and undertakings in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. In the current UAE Federal Cabinet, Sheikh Mansour holds the post of Minister of Presidential Affairs for the country's President, his brother, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. In addition, Sheikh Mansour serves as the Chairman of First Gulf Bank, one of the fastest growing and most successful banks in the region, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation. Sheikh Mansour believes in educating the youth of U.A.E and has established scholarship programs for U.A.E students to study abroad.

He is also chairman of the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) and Chairman of the Emirates Horse Racing Authority (EHRA).

He is married to Shaikha Manal bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, daughter of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime minister of UAE and the ruler of Dubai.

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is now the majority share holder in Manchester City football club, however, since his recognition as club owner, Manchester City haven't performed as well as expected, but fans are still are still confident and ecstatic at the take over.

It has been confirmed, that as of 31st October 2008, Sheikh Mansour holds 16.3 percent of the second biggest bank in Britain, Barclays, by investing £3.5 billion together with other Middle East investors, and saving the bank from government bailout by injecting £7.3 billion.^[1]

Bibliography

Austin, Simon (2008-09-02). "Arabian might at Eastlands". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 2008-09-14.

References

^ Gulfnews, November 01, 2008 http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Banking_and_Finance/10255900.html]

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 He is married to Shaikha Manal bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, daughter of His Highness Sheikh [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum|Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum]], Vice-President and Prime minister of UAE and the ruler of [[Dubai]].
-Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is now the majority share holder in [[Manchester City]] football club, however, since his recognition as club owner, Manchester City have performed extremely poorly.
+Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is now the majority share holder in [[Manchester City]] football club, however, since his recognition as club owner, Manchester City haven't performed as well as expected, but fans are still are still confident and ecstatic at the take over.
 It has been confirmed, that as of 31st October 2008, Sheikh Mansour holds 16.3 percent of the second biggest bank in Britain, [[Barclays]], by investing £3.5 billion together with other Middle East investors, and saving the bank from government bailout by injecting £7.3 billion.<ref>Gulfnews, November 01, 2008 http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Banking_and_Finance/10255900.html]</ref>