Fact/Fiction 2: Rich Asians are more crazy than rich people from other continents.
Image: Mongolian camels (Image: Pixabay)
Our take: fiction. Rich folks from other continents can be equally crazy. One investment adviser at a private bank told us a story of a middle-eastern client, without mentioning names. The conversation went like this:
Adviser: You want about 30 camels flown to Qatar? Did I hear you correctly?
Client: Yes, get more if you can.
Adviser: Sure sure, but I have to revert on which flights have the available capacity for 30 camels....
Client: No no no....don't bother. I'll send my private jet over.
Adviser: Oh great (arched his eyebrows in disbelief for a while, but sighs a quiet breath of relief)
Client: Ok, it's done then. Give me the final number of camels you can buy by end of the week?
Adviser: Yes sir, but why such a hurry? I can get them for you at a good price if you can wait a little longer....
Client: I got to get them ready for a race in a few months' time. I'll lose more money if I don't get them in time.
Adviser: Ah...you’re a genius sir. That's why you are rich and I'm still working at a bank.
Client: (Laughs)
Adviser: I will get to it straight away.
(side note: we later discovered that the private bank client wanted Mongolian camels specifically because they have two humps each, unlike many middle-eastern camels with mostly one hump. The two humps makes it easier to ride and race on.)
