OP-ED: How did Osama bin Laden rise through the ranks?

A brief history of the career of a terrorist

It has been a great surprise to many researchers and investigators across the globe as to how Osama bin Muhammed bin Awad bin Laden, a Saudi-origin millionaire youth, and his al-Qaeda, gained the highest popularity around the globe, surpassing dozens of extremist groups including Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, and Taliban within 10 years after he had joined jihad in Afghanistan.

One of his key strengths was money.

Bin Laden became a millionaire at the age of 11 when his Saudi billionaire father Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden died in 1968, despite the fact that his parents were divorced.