Prince Walid Bin Talal: 2011-08-28

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Youngest daughter of Lebanese Prime Minister Riad El Solh

Leila El Solh was the first woman in Lebanese history to hold a cabinet position when she was appointed Minister of Industry in 2004. Today, the youngest daughter of the late Lebanese Prime Minister Riad El Solh, is best known for her humanitarian work with the Alwaleed Bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation, Lebanon

100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2011

The foundation, which is chaired by Saudi Arabia's HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, was set up in 2003 and has in a very short amount of time managed to reach many areas in Lebanon in need of humanitarian support for development projects and to fight poverty. Under El Solh's stewardship the foundation has become a pillar of support for education, health and social organisations throughout Lebanon, and has built an advanced network with other sectors and public entities in the country.

Prince Alwaleed & Investment in shares

The Prince's activities as an investor came to prominence when he bought a substantial tranche of shares in Citicorp in the 1990s when that firm was in difficulties. With an initial investment of $550 million to bail out Citibank caused by underperforming American real estate loan and Latin American businesses, his holdings in Citigroup now comprises half of his wealth worth US$10 billion. He has also made large investments in AOL, Apple Inc., WorldCom, Motorola, News Corporation Ltd and other technology and media companies.

Alia El Solh, aunt of Prince Walid

Alia El - Solh was eldest daughter of the late former Prime Minister Riad El-Solh. She was aunt of Prince Walid bin talal. She was also known as daughter of independence. Her father was the first Prime Minister of Lebanon (1943–1945). He was known as one of the most important personalities in Lebanon’s struggle for independence and as a person able to unify Lebanon’s various religious groups in the struggle for independence.

Alia was known as “the daughter of independence” and continued in her father `s struggle for Lebanon’s independence, sovereignty and freedom. Her activity started at the American University of Beirut in the early 1950s. On campus she was known for leading demonstrations for women's rights, and she wrote extensively about Lebanese and Arab causes for a variety of publications.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Leila El Solh, Most important personalities in Lebanon

Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Building tower in Jeddah

The proposed tower, which will rise more than 1,000 meters and take just over five years to complete, is the centerpiece of the planned Kingdom City development being built outside Jeddah by Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding. Building this tower in Jeddah sends a financial and economic message that should not be ignored," Prince Alwaleed told reporters. "It has a political depth to it to tell the world that we Saudis invest in our country despite what is happening around us from events, turmoil and revolutions even

Business ventures of Prince AlWalid Bin Talal

Prince AlWalid established a number of business ventures, initially focusing on construction and real estate. The Prince is currently chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, a company he officially founded in 1996 which invested along side other entities controlled by HRH, in various sectors ranging from banking to broadcasting & media or hospitality. Current holdings include a 17.3% stake in Euro Disney SCA, a 22% stake in the Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, and 100% ownership of George V Hotel, Paris.

Mother of Prince AlWalid Bin Talal , Mona El-Solh

Princess Mona El-Solh is the daughter of the first Prime Minister of independent Lebanon, Riad El-Solh. She is the ex-wife of Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, and the mother of Prince Al-Walid bin Talal.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Chairman of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation

Leila El Solh is the Lebanese vice chairman of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation. Born in Beirut in 1946, she is the daughter of Riad Al Solh, who served as the first prime minister of Lebanon after the country’s independence. He was known as one of the most important personalities in Lebanon’s struggle for independence, and was generally regarded as the person who would be able to unify Lebanon’s various religious groups in the country’s long and often violent struggle for independence. Politics appears to run in the family, as El Solh was also her country’s first female minister.

Prince Khalid bin Al Waleed bin tala alsaud, Saudi Arabia

Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud has been named as the recipient of first IIR Middle East Business Achievement Awards Lifetime Award for Outstanding International Contribution by a Middle East Business Leader.

Favourite place of Prince Walid alsaud to stay

Favourite place of Prince Walid to stay

The desert does different things to different people. Some fear the emptiness; some dread the loneliness, while others find happiness and serenity. None more so than HRH Prince AlWalid, for whom the dunes are just another location to find peace and relax. It is a place for him to play the role of international dealmaker, global peace broker and world philanthropist.

What is the best thing about living in Bahrain

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Prince Al-Waleed and Princess Amira of Saudi Arabia

Prince Khalid , Son of Prince AlWalid Bin Talal

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Riad al-Solh, Grand Father of Prince Walid

Riad as-Solh, Grand Father of Prince Walid

Riad as-Solh was born in 1894. he was the first Prime Minister of Lebanon (1943–1945), after the country's independence. Like all of his successors as prime minister of Lebanon, he was a Sunni Muslim. He later served as prime minister of Lebanon again from December 14, 1946 to February 14, 1951. Several months after leaving office, he was assassinated in Amman, Jordan. He was known as one of the most important personalities in Lebanon’s struggle for independence and as a person able to unify Lebanon’s various religious groups in the struggle for independence. He was married to Fayza Al-Jabiri and had five daughters.

Prince Walid’s modern life style

Prince AlWalid leads a lifestyle familiar to those fascinated by the lives of men like Rupert Murdoch, or even New York's Donald Trump. Today the global business market demands constant attention, telephone and satellite communications. Through modern communication, trader can relentlessly pursue any deal, at any time, wherever it might be happening. But business can be done almost anywhere. Prince has well equipped his life with modern communication tools.

Family Background of Prince Walid, Saudi Arabia

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.

During the 1950s, Al-Walid's father emerged as the leader of a group of liberal Princes who championed political reform in the Kingdom, initially calling itself “Young Najd” (after the central region of Saudi Arabia where the Al-Saud family originated) and later known as the “Free Princes” (designed to imply a parallel with the Free Officers of Gamal abd al-Nasser in Egypt). By the end of the decade, the Arab media was rife with reports of a new constitution drafted by Prince Talal which would have strengthened the power of the cabinet vis-a-vis the king and established a partially-elected shura (consultative) council. However, King Saud rejected the proposals and the Saudi clerical establishment issued a fatwa condemning them as a violation of Islamic law. In 1961, the government withdrew Talal's passport and began attempting to silence him, prompting him to leave for exile in Egypt the following year. During his stay in Cairo, he declared himself socialist and broadcast anti-Saudi radio propaganda, earning the nickname “the Red Prince.”

Monday, August 29, 2011

Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi, the minister of foreign trade

She was also ranked the 70th most powerful woman in the world in this year's annual list of the most influential females in politics, business, media and "lifestyle". "Sheikha Lubna is a regional power in her own right", according to the Forbes profile. The magazine said her pursuit an open trade and economic diversification is helping put Dubai, whose economy suffered from the bursting of the property bubble, back on "the road to recovery

Prince Alwaleed ready to invest in Saudi shares

Dubai is going bankrupt but the Middle East still remains an epicenter of wealth and extravagance. The unveiling of the world's tallest building Buji Dubai this week is one sign that there is money to be spent (and hopefully made) there. Arab businessmen have taken over not only their local markets but have turned their companies global, racking up billions.

Business career of Prince AlWalid Bin Talal

Prince Al-Walid began his business career in 1979 upon graduation from Menlo College. Funded by a $30,000 loan from his father and a $300,000 mortgage on his house, he initially brokered deals with foreign firms wishing to do business in Saudi Arabia. This was followed by land deals in the 1980s, along with major investments in the Saudi banking industry, which proved to be undervalued at the time.

Prince Walid Bin Talal