Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
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Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

Saudi Arabia 71 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
investments
Residence
Riyadh
Education
Menlo College (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Syracuse University (Master of Science)
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
2

Assets

  • Citigroup
    0 shares @ -
    -
    C-US
  • JD.com Inc.
    0 shares @ -
    -
    JD-US
  • Kingdom Holdings
    2,895,591,000 shares @ -
    -
    4280-SA
  • Palestine Development & Investment Co.
    0 shares @ -
    -
    PADICO-PS
  • Snap, Inc
    40,804,000 shares @ -
    -
    SNAP-US
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    37,980,387 shares @ -
    -
    SPCX-US

Biography

Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal owns stakes in a number of high profile companies like the Four Seasons hotel chain via Saudi-listed Kingdom Holding.

Kingdom Holding announced in 2022 that the Saudi government Public Investment Fund bought a nearly 16.9% stake from Alwaleed for $1.6 billion.

Personally and through Kingdom Holding, Alwaleed has invested in both X (formerly Twitter) and Elon Musk's related firm, xAI.

Outside of Kingdom Holding, he owns real estate in Saudi Arabia, Arabic-language movie and music firm Rotana and an estimated 1.5% stake in social media firm Snap.

Forbes dropped Alwaleed and other Saudi billionaires from the list in 2018 following the 2017 months-long detainment of Alwaleed and others by the Saudi government.

In 2025, Forbes decided to include Alwaleed and other Saudis on the annual billionaires list again.

About

Alwaleed's biggest win: buying an $800 million stake in Citicorp in 1991, which grew to become worth $10 billion by 2005.

Alwaleed is a grandson of Abdulaziz Al Saud, the founder and first ruler of Saudi Arabia; and of Riad El Solh, the first prime minister of Lebanon.