Shaikh

 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, an Emirati politician/businessman with an estimated net worth of $14 billion is Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. He is Vice President and the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed, the owner of 99.67% Dubai Holding, is also responsible for the artificial islands of palm trees that lie in the Persian Gulf. He was born in Dubai on the 15th of July 1949. The United Arab Emirates was not yet a reality at the time of his birth. He belongs to the Al Maktoum clan, Dubai's rulers. They are also descendents of the House of Falasi. His maternal grandfather was an Abu Dhabi ruler. Sheikh Mohammed is the third son of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (out of four sons) and Sheikha Latifa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan.Sheikh Mohammed was educated in Dubai until 1966, at which point he and his cousin emigrated to the United Kingdom to attend the Bell Educational Trust's English Language School. After having graduated from Aldershot's Mons Officer Cadet School, he received military training.