Nicolas Sarkozy gets his reward for driving France into austerity

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the Emirate of Qatar is going to have its state-controlled sovereign wealth fund back a private equity firm called Columbia Investments that "would have an office in London in which the former president would visit one or two days a week, according to a person familiar with the matter."
The investment will be worth €250 million and as the authors note "based on the typical 1.5 per cent fees levied by private equity groups for managing €250m, the former president and his investment team would stand to gain more than €3m annually."
What will the firm be doing? The plan is to "invest in 'European reconstruction' – companies in continental Europe, with a particular emphasis on Spain."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/03/29/sarkozy_s_qatar_payday_former_french_president_nicholas_sarkozy_will_work.html

Remember what Tony Blair ended up doing to be paid off?
( 2012 story)
'I'm ready for a comeback': Blair's made millions since quitting... now he wants to 're-engage with UK politics'

*Ex-PM and wife Cherie to appear alongside Ed Miliband at an Olympics event in July... and he's already hired a spin doctor
*He thinks enough time has passed since 2007 for people to have forgotten the Iraq war AND how he was forced out of office
*Still has a job as Middle East peace envoy and a complex web of businesses earning millions
*Blair's political legacy is 'debt, war, ignorance, welfare dependency and social division', says Lord Tebbit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138668/Im-ready-comeback-Blairs-millions-quitting--wants-engage-UK-politics.html