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- Full name and title: His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud
- Born in 1955Kingdom Holding Company: Chairman: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
- Resides in Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaForbes.com: #19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
- Owner and chairman of Kingdom Holding CompanyForbes.com: #19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
- Married, has two childrenForbes.com: #19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
- 1979: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, from Menlo College in CaliforniaKingdom Holding Company: Chairman: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
- 1985: Masters in Social Sciences from Syracuse University in New YorkKingdom Holding Company: Chairman: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
- Became Apple Computer Inc.'s second-largest shareholder in November 1997SFGate: Big Buys By Saudi Prince / He invests in Netscape, News Corp... (November 26, 1997)
- Also purchased 5% of Netscape, 2.5% of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and 1% of Motorola Inc. in 1997SFGate: Big Buys By Saudi Prince / He invests in Netscape, News Corp... (November 26, 1997)
- Ranked number 19 on Forbes magazine's list of billionairesForbes.com: #19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
- Other investments include Walt Disney, Procter & Gamble, Hewlett Packard and Four Seasons Hotels and ResortsKingdom Holding Company: Chairman: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
- Estimated worth was $21 billion in March 2008Forbes.com: #19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
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Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia is one of the largest foreign investors in the United States. Prince Alwaleed's nickname is "The Warren Buffett of the Gulf" and he is one of the world's richest people. In the 1990s, Prince Alwaleed invested in Citibank and became one of the company's top shareholders at the time.TIME Magazine: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
On November 20, 2008, it was announced that Prince Alwaleed bought 5% of the Citigroup's shares.Financial Times: Prince Alwaleed Buys Citigroup Shares (November 20, 2008)




