Don't be a hater, he was a professor in one of the highest paying universities.
'Professors at
Niagara University have an average annual
salary of $
122,685. This salary is a projection of salary for teaching a full twelve month year. The average annual salary for male professors is $122,111,
which is $34,349 more than the average for male professors at universities. The average annual salary for female professors is $123,700, which is $40,093 more than the average for female professors at universities.'
http://faculty-salaries.startclass.com/l/8401/Niagara-University
He was a professor for 6 years
https://www.niagara.edu/assets/Uploads/Ali-vita-Oct-2010.pdf
Before that he worked, for several years, as a project manager, and research and forecast manager for the state of Virginia.
A Forecast Manager earns an average salary of $102,439 per year.
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Forecast_Manager/Salary
Before he was a teaching fellow at Harvard University.
This guy was living on atleast a 120k a year on his own since 1998. And you make a a big fuss about a house in Dubai.