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	Alwaleed bin Talal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Born in Riyadh, Prince Alwaleed studied in the (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) USA at Menlo College and (additional info and facts about Syracuse University) Syracuse University.
		Prince Alwaleed's activities as an investor came to prominence when he bought a large tranche of shares in (additional info and facts about Citicorp) Citicorp in the 1990s when that firm was in difficulties.
		In January 2005 he purchased the (additional info and facts about Savoy Hotel) Savoy Hotel in (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London for an estimated GBP 250 million, and it will now be managed by Fairmont Hotels.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alwaleed_bin_talal.htm (645 words)

	Encyclopedia: Alwaleed bin Talal
		HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, born in 1955 and usually known simply as Prince Alwaleed, is a member of the Saudi Royal Family who has amassed an independent fortune through investments in shares and property.
		King Fahd of Saudi Arabia King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz (born in Riyadh in 1923) is the king and prime minister of Saudi Arabia and leader of the House of Saud.
		Prince Alwaleed is heavily involved in charitable activities across the Arab world, and is estimated to donate more than $50 million annually to good causes.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alwaleed-bin-Talal (1380 words)

	Al-Waleed bin Talal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HRH Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, (born, March 1955) (Arabic: الوليد بن طلال بن عبد العزيز السعود) commonly known as Prince Al-Waleed, is a member of the Saudi Royal Family, an enterpreneur and international investor who has amassed an enormous fortune through investments in shares and property.
		With an estimated net worth of US $23.7 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the fifth richest person in the world and nicknamed by Time magazine as Arabian Warren Buffet.
		Prince Al-Waleed was born in Riyadh, to Prince Talal son of founding king of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz Al-Saud and Princess Mona El-Solh, daughter of Riad El-Solh, the first Prime Minister of modern day Lebanon and a leader of Lebanese independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alwaleed_bin_Talal (763 words)

	Naharnet Newsdesk - Alwaleed Launches Philanthropic Institution, Acquires 49 Percent of LBC SAT
		Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has launched a philanthropic institution dedicated to the needy in Lebanon, irrespective of their "sectarian or geographic affiliations," and formally acquired 49 percent of LBC SAT during a lightning, high-profile trip to Beirut.
		The royal prince launched the Alwaleed bin Talal Philanthropic Institution from the Ossayleh building in downtown Beirut, only meters away from the statue of his maternal grandfather, Riad Solh, Lebanon's first post-independence prime minister.
		At a separate event in Adma, Alwaleed and the chairman of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation exchanged documents giving the Saudi royal 49 percent ownership of the television network's satellite channel.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Story/5C6AFB39EED813D142256DF1003BFB43?OpenDocument&PRINT (194 words)

	09/25/95 THE PRINCE
		Since Alwaleed, as a Saudi prince, was duty bound to remain in the capital during the Gulf war, lengthy bull sessions on the Citi stake with his lawyers, Al Christianson and Mark Mezou, were interrupted several times by Iraqi attacks.
		Alwaleed owns big stakes in New York's Plaza Hotel and San Francisco's Fairmont chain, but the centerpiece of this strategy is the holding he bought in Toronto's Four Seasons Hotels Inc. The price he paid for 26.6% of Four Seasons, $124 million, stunned the hotel industry.
		Alwaleed says his media operations and his foothold in European TV are the stepping stones to something much bigger.
	www.businessweek.com /1995/39/b34431.htm (4132 words)

	Different Strokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Yes, both "Bins" are Princes of the Arabian Desert but this one still lives in the homeland, in a palatial mansion not the ravenous cave of Afghanistan.
		He is no ordinary prince, judging from his full name: Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abulaziz al Saud, the Saudi King's nephew, grandson of the founder of Saudi Arabia, grandson of the founder of the state of Lebanon.
		The man with the double barrel "Bin" is 44 years old and is said to be the world's fifth richest man with a holding in excess of $20 billion.
	www.dpo.uab.edu /~olusegun/differentstrokes.htm (1203 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - Business
		Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal denied on Thursday there was "panic selling" by Saudis of US investments, as had been reported, to the tune of $US200 billion in reaction to perceived anti-Saudi sentiment.
		Alwaleed, one of the world's richest men and a nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, said a wholesale exit by Saudi investors in recent months would not have made sense.
		Alwaleed said he had no plans to divest any of his US holdings, which include a stake in Citigroup worth several billion dollars.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,126198-1-453,00.html (763 words)

	HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Latest News
		HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, President of Kingdom 5KR-62 Ltd. and Kingdom 5KR-63 Ltd. (jointly, “Kingdom”), announced today that these two companies now own a total of 56,237,915 shares of News Corporation Class B voting shares (approximately 5.46% of the voting shares based on News Corporation’s September 1, 2005 SEC report).
		Prince Alwaleed bin Talal received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference held in Dubai on Sunday May 1st 2005.
		Alwaleed Bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation made a donation to a medical center in Baruk.
	www.libanmall.com /hrhnews.htm (310 words)

	Robert Fisk Article: 07th July, 2002
		His name is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the 45-year-old nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd.
		But Alwaleed bin Talal has exemplary forebears: he is the grandson of a former Lebanese prime minister, Riad Solh.
		For this is the same Alwaleed bin Talal who offered New York $10m towards reconstruction after 11 September – only to have his cheque thrown back in his face by the then mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, for daring to suggest that America take a slightly less pro-Israeli stand in the Middle East.
	www.robert-fisk.com /articles94.htm (589 words)

	Dossier: Prince Al-Walid bin Talal (September 2002)
		Al-Walid was born in 1957 to Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, one of the many sons of the late King Abdulaziz, and Mona al-Solh, the daughter of Lebanon's first post-independence prime minister, Riad al-Solh.
		Talal reconciled with the royal family two years later and was allowed to return to country, apparently on the condition that he not express his political views.
		In April, Talal triggered an uproar when he said in an interview that a future power struggle could erupt in Saudi Arabia unless a clear mechanism governing the succession is established.
	www.meib.org /articles/0209_med1.htm (2922 words)

	Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Prince Alwaleed is the nephew of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (who is worth $25 billion).
		Alwaleed has a stake of 15% in Citigroup.
		He has participated in the construction of Canary Wharf, new business district in London.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/a/al/alwaleed_bin_talal_alsaud.html (154 words)

	Americans Against Hate - PR-Saudi Prince Funds "Moderate" Muslims & "Martyr" Families
		He used the occasion to announce, in front of a crowd, that he was donating $6 million to the group for the purchase of a new ADC headquarters.
		It was this same year, 2002, when bin Talal became embroiled in two separate controversies, both dealing with the transferring of funds to families of suicide bombers.
		In April of 2002, bin Talal donated $27 million during a three-day telethon sponsored by the Saudi government group, the Committee for Support of the al-Aqsa Intifada.
	www.americansagainsthate.com /releases/PR-binTalal.htm (537 words)

	USATODAY.com - Alwaleed says Saudis aren't withdrawing funds from U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Posted NaN/NaN/NaN NaN:NaN PM Alwaleed says Saudis aren't withdrawing funds from U.S. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) — Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal denied on Thursday reports that Saudi investors had withdrawn up to $200 billion from the United States to protest against rising anti-Saudi sentiment.
		Alwaleed, one of the world's richest men and a nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, was responding to a report this week by London's Financial Times that said Saudi investors had pulled out at least $200 billion from the USA amid tension between the two countries after Sept. 11.
		Alwaleed told the BBC that he was "surprised" by the FT report, adding: "Now there might have been some withdrawals, but not of the magnitude mentioned."
	www.usatoday.com /money/markets/us/2002-08-22-alwaleed_x.htm (480 words)

	New York Daily News - Business - Citi assures Saudi prince scandals over (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Citigroup's largest shareholder, whose $13 billion stake suffered as it lurched from scandal to scandal for three years, said chairman Sandy Weill and CEO Chuck Prince assured him the worst is over.
		Alwaleed has had the most at stake in the company's miscues.
		Alwaleed, with a fortune Forbes magazine estimated last year at $21.5 billion, now holds more than 5% of the company's 5.2 billion shares.
	www.nydailynews.com /business/story/281178p-240973c.html (305 words)

	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal : Saudi Prince Calls Arab Americans Role Models for Arab World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Alwaleed served as keynote speaker at the 25th anniversary gala held during the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) annual convention here May 27-29.
		But Alwaleed said he is pleased that "a moderation of attitudes can now be discerned." "What unites us is infinitely greater than those elements that divide us," he said.
		It was a 1945 meeting aboard the USS Quincy between the president and King Abdul Aziz, Alwaleed's grandfather and founder of the
	pages.zdnet.com /plm/id316.html (2110 words)

	Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal who host of telethons for suicide bomber families buys large share of Fox News: Saudi ...
		MIM: Alwaleed bin Talal advocates business instead of boycotts, as the means to conquer America by 'influencing American public opinion,and the Fox aquisition is a continuation of his strategy.
		Billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, whose donation for victims of the Sept. 11 attack was rejected last fall by New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, donated $27 million to the Palestinian fund.
		Born in 1955, Prince (Amir) al Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul-Aziz, is a son of Amir Talal bin Abdul-Aziz, and of a Lebanese mother, daughter of the first Prime Minister of Lebanon, Riad Solh.
	www.militantislammonitor.org /article/id/1109 (6641 words)

	The mystery of the world's second-richest businessma
		An exception is the multi-billion-dollar fortune of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
		Chairman of his own company at 14, a billionaire at 31, Prince Alwaleed, now 41, is a self-made businessman who has amassed a fortune that he estimates is worth $14.3-billion.
		Perhaps it is because Prince Alwaleed's stellar reputation is founded more on the sheer scale of his investments than on performance.
	www.btimes.co.za /99/0307/world/world.htm (2200 words)

	Fortune : Citicorp finds a Prince Charming. (Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal investment in Citicorp's stock) (Fortune People) ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Midway through telephone negotiations to buy a chunk of Citicorp stock, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, 35, was forced to pause briefly as an incoming Iraqi Scud missile roared overhead in Riyadh.
		When talks were finished in February, Prince Alwaleed wound up with a $590 million slice of preferred stock in Citicorp.
		Alwaleed, who also has undisclosed smaller positions in other U.S. money center banks, is a nephew of King Fahd.
	static.highbeam.com /f/fortune/march251991/citicorpfindsaprincecharmingprincealwaleedbintalal/index.html (243 words)

	Winner of 2005 Wahhabist funded"Friend in Government" Award :Alexander Acosta new Interim Attorney in Southern Florida: ...
		MIM: Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal's largesse was also evident in the money he raised for the family of suicide bombers and the help for terrorists which included '100 vehicles and clothing'.
		ADC awarded Prince Alwaleed its "Global Achievement Award." During his speech, he articulated his support for eradicating poverty, and his promotion of women's rights, medical relief and education, peace in the Middle East, the need for a Palestinian state, and better Arab-American understanding.
		It was a 1945 meeting aboard the USS Quincy between the president and King Abdul Aziz, Alwaleed's grandfather and founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, that launched the close relationship between the two nations.
	www.militantislammonitor.org /article/id/734 (4753 words)

	USATODAY.com - Saudi prince donates $10M to Trade Center fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, a major investor in American companies and one of hundreds of princes in the Saudi royal family, toured ground zero and called it "a tremendous crime." "It's just unbelievable," he said.
		Alwaleed is chairman of Kingdom Holding Co. and was sixth on Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest men for 2001.
		Alwaleed said prime terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden, a Saudi, does not represent the Wahabi sect of Islam, which is practiced only in Saudi Arabia.
	www.usatoday.com /news/sept11/2001/10/11/saudi-donation.htm (342 words)

	HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Donates $500,000 to the Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association (SYEA) - Zawya.com \| ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, has contributed $500,000 to the Syrian young Entrepreneurs Association (SYEA) in Syria.
		In a letter from the Chairman of SYEA to Prince Alwaleed, he cordially thanked the Prince for his generous contribution and his support for the association.
		Prince Alwaleed had pledged to reconstruct the entire village in 2002, to house 500 families and rebuild all damaged utility services such as electricity, telephone, and water.
	www.zawya.com /Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20051017135332/SecMain/pagHomepage/chnAll%20Regional%20News/obj2A17E941-F5E0-11D4-867D00D0B74A0D7C (339 words)

	Saudi Arabia's Investing Prince By Rob Walker
		Alwaleed's uncle is King Fahd, and his fortune began, of course, with an inheritance.
		Alwaleed is said to have favored loosening things up a bit in his home country's famously closed and strict society, but at the moment he doesn't seem to be putting much emphasis on that as one of the "issues" in need of renewed scrutiny.
		What Alwaleed has so far managed is the rare trick of being revered both as a prince of global investing and as an actual prince in the ruling Saudi family.
	www.slate.com /id/117328 (871 words)

	Saudi Prince Calls Arab Americans Role Models for Arab World - US Department of State
		Delano Roosevelt and Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud hug during ADC's annual convention in Washington.
		But, Alwaleed stressed, making the needed changes will require the help and support of the West, including the United States -- and especially of Arab Americans who can be instrumental in building bridges between the two societies.
		Much of Alwaleed’s talk focused on the same two issues that dominated the three-day convention: the U.S. public’s perception of Arabs and Muslims, and the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
	usinfo.state.gov /mena/Archive/2005/Jun/01-984415.html?chanlid=mena (1016 words)

	Variety.com - Saudi prince plans to take holdings public
		Alwaleed will retain his considerable stake in Arab satcaster LBC-Al Hayat, as well as News Corp., and likely expand his media empire toward general entertainment programming and acquisition.
		Alwaleed is the nephew of ruling King Fahd and the world's fifth richest man. "With no subscriptions and modest advertising revenues (on Rotana's channels) it will be tough to see a substantial return on investment, but I have no doubt its success will continue."
		Long rumored to be interested in a career in politics in the Saudi kingdom and in his mother's homeland of Lebanon, it is possible Alwaleed may use the IPO to consolidate his position in both countries.
	www.variety.com /article/VR1117926205?categoryid=18&cs=1 (305 words)

	The Honolulu Advertiser \| Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Prince Alwaleed boasts a global portfolio worth more than $21 billion, and his latest move - a bold $1 billion bet on the U.S. stock market - will captivate folks on both sides of the new economy/old economy divide.
		Schooled at a Riyadh military academy and California’s Menlo College, Alwaleed, 43, is the grandson of Saudi Arabia’s founder and the scion of the liberal wing of the Saudi royal family.
		The Economist magazine last year raised doubts about the math behind Alwaleed’s portfolio, alluding to rumors that he is really a front man for publicity-shy members of the Saudi royal family.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2000/May/21/business13.html (897 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Dubai, Aug. 22 (Reuters): Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal denied today reports that Saudi investors had withdrawn up to $200 billion from the US to protest against rising anti-Saudi sentiment.
		Alwaleed, one of the world’s richest men and a nephew of Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, was responding to a report this week by London’s Financial Times which said Saudi investors had pulled out at least $200 billion from the US amid tension between the two countries after September 11.
		At least 15 of the 19 perpetrators of September 11 were Saudis, a fact that prompted US media and commentators to lambast the kingdom’s religious and political establishments and question its “loyalty” to the US.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1020823/asp/foreign/story_1128678.asp (331 words)

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