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Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud (Arabic: الوليد بن طلال آل سعود; born 7 March 1955) is a Saudi Arabian billionaire businessman, investor, philanthropist, and a House of Saud royal. In 2008, he was listed on Time magazine's Time 100, an annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world. [2]
Alwaleed Philanthropies (formerly "The Al Waleed bin Talal Foundation") is a charitable and philanthropic organization founded by Al-Waleed bin Talal, a Saudi billionaire businessman, and of the ruling House of Saud. [3] [4] [5] The foundation has established centers and programs in higher education institutions around the world. [6] [7] [8]
The KHC consists of a select team of experienced investment specialists directed by its founder and chairman, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal [2] and chief executive officer, Eng. Talal Ibrahim Al Maiman. The company describes itself as a diversified investment company, whose main interests are financial services , real estate , tourism and ...
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Al-Waleed bin Talal: $2 billion: Investments Al Juffali family: $8 billion: Diversified Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi [3] $9 billion: Diversified Almana family: Construction Saleh Kamel: $2 billion: Diversified Arqam Tariq: $1 billion: Diversified Khalid bin Mahfouz & family [4] $20 billion: Diversified
Wealthy people also invested, including Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the American rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, and Jack Dorsey, X's founder and former CEO.
In 2003, Al Waleed increased his stake to 100 percent, after initially acquiring a 48 percent stake in 2002. He developed Rotana Music Channel as a 24-hour free-to-air service for Rotana artists. This was followed by Rotana 2, Rotana Clip, augmented with SMS, and Rotana 3 for classical Arab music, followed by a movie channel. [1]
In 2005, a wealthy Saudi prince and businessman, Al-Waleed bin Talal in 2005, gave $20 million to the Center to promote interfaith understanding and the study of Islam and the Muslim world. [1] The center was renamed in his honor. [1] [2] The $20 million gift was the second-largest ever given to the Georgetown at that point. [1]