Aaaaaanyway, getting back to the subject on the subject line. The Bin Laden family were hugely wealthy builders and developers, who made their fortune through contracts in Mecca and Medina; Osama Bin Laden was a road builder on a big scale. I wouldn't personally see him as a statesman.
Nicolas Sarkozy, ex-president of France, ran a legal practice specialising in business…
Binyamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, was an economic consultant with Boston Consulting. His predecessor, Shimon Perez, was a shepherd and farmer (who spoke Polish, French, English, Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew).
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe worked for Kobe Steel.
Former US president Barack Obama was an attorney specialising in civil rights, and served on the boards of directors of several organisations.