Location: Six Islands in the Ionian Sea, Greece
Purchased: Unknown
Current Value: $10.08 million*

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani is the Emir of Qatar, and he has a net worth of $2.5 billion. The Emir is one of the richest people on earth, and he spends his money on a lot of things, including a collection of islands in the Ionian Sea. There was a lot of red tape that the Emir had to cut through to get his prized islands, which, according to The Guardian, he bought “for a song.”

The Emir spent a year-and-a-half trying to take possession of the islands. He already has a property portfolio stretching from London to Beijing, and he finally got what he wanted in 2013, mooring his super-yacht there for vacation.