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Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a grandson of Saudi Arabia's founder, founded the investment firm Kingdom Holding in 1980; his fortune is his stake in it, personal stakes in companies such as SpaceX and Snap, Saudi property and the media group Rotana.
- Forbes estimate
- $24.9B
- Forbes, 9 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 100
- 9 Oct 2026
- Stake in Kingdom Holding Company
- 78%
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $26.3B
- Bloomberg, 17 Oct 2026
- Born
- 7 Mar 1955
- Education
- Graduate degree
- BS business administration, Menlo College (1979); master's in social science, Syracuse University's Maxwell School (1985)
- Giving Pledge
- Signed in 2016
Where the fortune sits
Kingdom Holding stock, a personal SpaceX stake and Saudi property
Kingdom Holding Company
investment holding company, founded 1980
Bloomberg: down from 95% after he sold 625 million shares to the Public Investment Fund in 2022; all shares carry equal votes
Bloomberg Billionaires Index; Kingdom Holding 2024 annual report, 17 Oct 2026
Founder and chairman
Other holdings
SpaceX
Kingdom Holding said in June 2026 its holding is 0.34% of SpaceX and his personal exposure about 0.29%
Snap
Forbes estimates a 1.5% stake
Rotana Group
Arabic film and music company; Bloomberg says he holds a majority stake
Saudi property
Land around Riyadh, a 420-room palace and the top three floors of Kingdom Centre, per Bloomberg
Where Prince stands among 73
Everyone on the site, grouped by their answer. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud is outlined.
How the fortune started
Founded it
Founded it 42
Inherited and grew it 12
Built it up 8
Inherited it 6
Through marriage 5
Industry
Finance
Finance 10
Technology 24
Several industries 9
Metals and mining 6
Retail 4
Fashion and beauty 4
Media 3
Food and drink 3
Shipping 3
Crypto 2
Oil, gas and chemicals 2
Healthcare 1
Casinos and resorts 1
Property and sports 1
Giving Pledge
Signed
Signed 11
Not a signer 61
Not stated 1
Education
Graduate degree
Graduate degree 24
Bachelor's degree 27
Left university without a degree 6
No university 5
Not stated 11
Role today
Chair, board or owner
Chair, board or owner 25
Runs the company 32
Founder, no executive role 8
No role 4
Retired 4
The person
- Born
- 7 Mar 1955
- Citizenship
- Saudi Arabia
- Lives in
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Education
- Graduate degreeBS business administration, Menlo College (1979); master's in social science, Syracuse University's Maxwell School (1985)
- Parents
- Son of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, a son of Saudi Arabia's founder who served as minister of communications and of finance, and Princess Mona El Solh, daughter of Lebanon's first prime minister
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Signed in 2016
- Foundation
- Alwaleed PhilanthropiesUmbrella for Alwaleed Philanthropies Global, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia; in 2015 he pledged his fortune to it
- Lifetime giving
- $4BAlwaleed Philanthropies, 17 Oct 2026. '$4 Billion+ spent on social welfare' by Alwaleed Philanthropies over 39 years, as shown on its site; not a figure for his personal giving alone
Role and record
- Role now
- Chair of the boardFounder and chairman of Kingdom Holding Company
- Successor
- None named; Talal Ibrahim AlMaiman is Kingdom Holding's CEO
- Public office
- None found
- Legal record
- 2018, Saudi Attorney GeneralReleased in January 2018 after more than two months' detention in a Saudi anti-corruption crackdown; a senior Saudi official said he reached a financial settlement with the attorney general; hours earlier he had told Reuters he expected to be cleared of wrongdoing.
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