Seems the Footy stars, dead Moonwalkers, actors and banks didn't do their homework!
Presenting a list of the more colourful names understood to have invested in Nakheel’s Dubai Palm development (Source: tabloids and press).
* David Beckham (footballer, international fashion icon)
* Michael Owen (footballer)
* David James (goalkeeper)
* Joe Cole (footballer)
* Andy Cole (retired footballer)
* Kieron Dyer (footballer)
* Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (actors)
* Michael Jackson (king of pop)
* Naomi Campbell (model)
* Denzel Washington (actor)
Britons, meanwhile, accounted for about 25 per cent of the buyers with the rest from 75 different nationalities, including several Americans, according to the Daily Mail.As for banks, the Emirates Bank Association lists the following institutions as being the largest foreign banks invested in the UAE:
* HSBC $17bn
* Standard Chartered $7.8bn
* Barclays $3.6bn
* RBS $2.2bn
* Citi $1.9bn
* BNP Paribas $1.7bn
# Lloyds $1.6bn