He participated as an athlete in the Innsbruck winter Olympics, but he loved sport in all its forms, the loved one, practiced and financed. Horses, sailing, nautical, tennis and … here are all the passions of the tycoon and “direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad”
The enlightened prince who in the 1960s invented the Costa Smeralda, the 49th hereditarian imam of the Ismaelite Muslims considered by his followers as a direct descendant of Muhammad, the visionary and gentle magnate that marked the history of the 900, the son of the playboy that made luxury Its existential figure, the philanthropist that took charge of the moral responsibility of an unusual wealth and over the years poured part of its immense heritage – estimates vary around 13 billion dollars – to build schools and hospitals and support the inhabitants of the most areas poor people of Africa and Asia. Karim Aga Khan IV has disappeared today at the age of 88 and in rewinding the extraordinary film of his life, one inevitably ended up crossing sport in all its forms – the loved one, practiced and financed – so much so that he contemplated in the unraveling of his destinies The skiing and horses, Gianni Agnelli and Cino Ricci, the Olympic games and tennis, Angelo Moratti, La Vela and Cagliari.