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HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Profile
HRH Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin AbdulAziz Alsaud was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in
March, 1955 to Prince Talal Bin AbdulAziz Alsaud, son of the founder of
Saudi Arabia, King AbdulAziz Alsaud, and to Princess Mona El-Solh, daughter
of Riad El-Solh, the first Prime Minister of modern day Lebanon and a leader
of Lebanese independence.
The prince was educated in the U.S. where
he got his B. Sc.
in Business Administration, magna cum laude, Menlo College, California,
in 1979, and his
M.A. in Social Science with honours, Syracuse
University, 1985.
HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin
Talal Bin AbdulAziz Alsaud, member of the Saudi Royal family, is a private
entrepreneur and an international investor.
The Prince
began building his investment portfolio in 1979, when he returned to Saudi
Arabia after earning his Bachelor’s degree in the US.
Prince
Alwaleed established a number of business ventures, initially focusing on
construction and real estate. Over time, the Prince’s investments rapidly
grew and eventually led to the formation of Kingdom Holding Company, which
invested along side other entities controlled by HRH, in banking,
telecommunications, broadcasting & media, entertainment, hospitality,
computers and electronics, agriculture, restaurants, upscale fashion,
retailing, supermarkets, tourism, travel, and automotive manufacturing.
Honorary
Degrees &
Academic
Awards:
- Doctorate
of Humane Letters, honoris causa, University of New Haven, 1992.
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Doctorate
in Business Management, Kyungwon University, Seoul, Korea, 1998.
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Doctorate in
Law,
Syracuse University,
1999
-
Presidential
Medal,
University of New Haven,
1999.
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Doctorate in
Law,
Exeter University, 2002.Doctorate in Law, the American University in Cairo, 2002
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