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Nineteenth Spot: Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud

HRH Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, (born, March 1955) commonly known as Prince Al-Waleed, is a member of the Saudi Royal Family, an entrepreneur and international investor who has amassed an enormous fortune through investments in shares and property.

Fortune
Business
Country
Status
13.3  Billion
Investments
Saudi Arabia
Married, 2 children

 With an estimated net worth of US $13.0 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the ninteenth richest man in the world and nicknamed by Time magazine as Arabian Warren Buffet.

Prince Al-Waleed was born in Riyadh, to Prince Talal son of founding king of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz Al-Saud and Princess Mona El-Solh, daughter of Riad El-Solh, the first Prime Minister of modern day Lebanon and a leader of Lebanese independence.

He completed his Bachelors in Science in Business Administration from Menlo College, USA in 1979 and Masters in Social Science from Syracuse University, USA in 1985. He is married and has two children. He is the nephew of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia but has stayed outside of the core of political power in Saudi Arabia, instead building a large international business called the Kingdom Holding Company through which he makes his investments. (wiki)

 


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