&gt;My take was that she seems to have a similar background to a typical Russian oligarch.This is a fairly accurate assessment, based on the pillaging of resources, borne out of a privileged position. The usual pilfering of other assets such as telecoms, banks, apart from oil and diamonds, there is a litany of dodgy loans, stakes in foreign companies, expensive art collection, super yacht, a sprawling property portfolio and more, as is de-rigueur for anyone looting a country, is also mentioned in the article.The Luanda Leaks are the subject of BBC Panorama tonight at 2030 GMT.

&gt; But her wealth is the subject of mounting scrutinyThe problem is articles like this glamorize the people and the activities. &quot;Savvy investor&quot;, &quot;lucky&quot;. I know the verdict isn&#x27;t in and if she did her job just right it will never be. The whole point of being so rich and benefiting from nepotism is that nobody can or wants to touch you. But from a reasonable perspective I guess it&#x27;s pretty obvious that with such relationships you don&#x27;t get rich in a country where most barely go from one day to the next by making honest business. This while state coffers that should be full somehow stay empty.On the flip side you have just &quot;mounting scrutiny&quot;. This article does too good of a job at staying &quot;impartial&quot; by completely avoiding any claim that the accusations are real. But gives a strong hint that she is actually the savvy businesswoman she presents herself as. You never get sued for defamation for saying that eh?

I did read the article but know nothing about Angola.My take was that she seems to have a similar background to a typical Russian oligarch. Being smart enough to take advantage of a particular situation doesn&#x27;t mean that you should do that.

Warning: I haven&#x27;t even read the article yetJust want to point out that both her and her father are very well known around here for big corruption. Mainly moving the state&#x27;s money (oil and diamonds) into their own private ventures.When the new Angola President took over, the state reserves were empty. Again on a country that should be getting loads from oil and diamonds

&gt; I&#x27;d have a lab and employ engineers and workers to create all the crazy stuff I always dreamt of.Welcome to HN, Mr Musk.

Total agreement. I suppose some very rich folk prefer to keep their exciting frontier-busting activities a secret but if the news that gets through is anything to go by, most of them seem to let today&#x27;s unheard-of opportunities for advancing the prospects for life on this planet go by the wayside. I&#x27;ve nothing against luxury consumption because someone&#x27;s got a job somewhere, making &amp; selling that stuff but is that all they got rich for?

&gt; Isabel dos Santo has worked hard to get where she isother headlines about her indicate that she is just another corrupt despot:Isabel dos Santos: Africa&#x27;s richest woman &#x27;ripped off Angola&#x27;: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;world-africa-51128950" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;world-africa-51128950</a>

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;world-africa-51128950" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;world-africa-51128950</a>&gt; She is already under criminal investigation by the authorities in Angola for corruption and her assets in the country have been frozen.If by working hard you mean she abused her position and accepted millions in bribes so that foreign companies could loot her country exploiting natural resources for pennies and use literally child slaves in mines then yes, she worked very hard for that, that&#x27;s what sociopaths call working hard indeed. Is this the kind of people you give all your appreciation and respect? these criminals?

&gt; I&#x27;d have a lab and employ engineers and workers to create all the crazy stuff I always dreamt of.That&#x27;s exactly what they are doing with their businesses. Isabel dos Santo has worked hard to get where she is. She doesn&#x27;t have the time to run a lab she&#x27;s creating all the crazy stuff she dreams of.Unless you are talking about the kids who are not working in the business, which is why they are not working, to not work.

Yachts, villas, partying: many super-rich seem to be so unimaginative what to do with their money.I&#x27;d have a lab and employ engineers and workers to create all the crazy stuff I always dreamt of.Edit: I talked about the yacht in particular before editing the comment, hence the comment below.

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2020&#x2F;01&#x2F;19&#x2F;world&#x2F;africa&#x2F;isabel-dos-santos-angola.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2020&#x2F;01&#x2F;19&#x2F;world&#x2F;africa&#x2F;isabel-dos-s...</a>

You know what you end up with if you steal $50 million from your country?$50 million.

Wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if they moved minerals like uranium etc. to willing international buyers.

The kind of cunt that needs to be strung up. Her corpse, twisting in the wind, will serve as a strong reminder to all the corrupt cunts in the world that their time is coming.

Isabel dos Santos: president's daughter who became Africa's richest woman