- Source of Wealth: Investments (Self-made)
- Age: 66
- Birth Place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Marital Status: Married (Princess Ameera)
- Full Name: Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
- Nationality: Saudi Arabia
- Date of Birth: March 7, 1955
- Ethnicity: Saudi Arabian
- Occupation: Investor & Owner of Kingdom Holding Company
- Education: B.A.S. / Menlo College, M.Sc. / Syracuse University
- Children: 2 (Princess Reem, Prince Khaled)
Famous Saudi royal family Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud is an investor and businessman with an estimated net worth of $15 billion as of April 2019.
Of Lebanese and Saudi Arabian nationality, Al Waleed bin Talal was born on March 7, 1955 in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. He is a graduate of Menlo College with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and Syracuse University where he completed his master’s degree in social science.
He started getting a great deal of prominence in the 1990’s when he bought substantial amounts of shares in Citicorp, which was then amidst a controversial crisis. Today, his holdings in Citigroup is estimated to be around $1 billion.
In 1997, he was reported to own 5% of News Corporation and as of 2010, his shares increased to 10%. He had also invested in various companies which include AOL, Fox News, Motorola, MCI Inc., Apple Inc., airline company TWA, Eastman Kodak, Four Seasons hotel chain, New York-based Plaza Hotel, Monte Carlo Grand Hotel in Monaco, Savoy Hotel in London, Euro Disney SCA, and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG).