Monday 25 January 2010

Get Briefed: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal (Interview)




Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud is chairman of investment company Kingdom Holding, which went public on the Saudi stock exchange in 2007. He is the world's 22nd wealthiest person, according to the 2009 Forbes World's Billionaires list.

Kingdom Holding contains his investments in companies such as Citigroup ( C - news - people ) and News Corp. ( NWS - news - people ), as well as Four Seasons Hotels and Fairmont Hotel management companies, among many others.

Alwaleed joined the Singapore government investment arm and several other investors in a $12.5 billion capital injection for Citigroup in January 2008; the size of his personal investment is undisclosed. He is also an investor in mainstream technology companies like Apple ( AAPL ), Motorola ( MOT ) and AOL.

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