The Prince

At barely 40 years of age and worth over $12 billion, Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is one of the planet's wealthiest, most successful and most unusual investors - a global dealmaking genius who has scored some of the richest investment coups of the last decade. Alwaleed has singlehandedly come to the rescue of Citibank, Apple, EuroDisney, Michael Jackson (strange but true), and Canary Wharf, to name only the most prominent, making himself multibillion dollar capital gains in the process. He is also the second largest investor after KRM in NewsCorp. Alwaleed also stands out as one of the world's first truly global tycoons, fully taking advantage of the increasingly borderless, increasingly seamless global markets. King Fahd's nephew, Alwaleed is a senior member of the powerful and secretive Alsaud royal family of Saudi Arabia, and stands to play an increasingly large role in a Middle East. For this biography, Alwaleed has provided Rossant with exclusive access to royal family members, financial advisors, friends and business partners.
 
At barely 40 years of age and worth over $12 billion, Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is one of the planet's wealthiest, most successful and most unusual investors - a global dealmaking genius who has scored some of the richest investment coups of the last decade. Alwaleed has singlehandedly come to the rescue of Citibank, Apple, EuroDisney, Michael Jackson (strange but true), and Canary Wharf, to name only the most prominent, making himself multibillion dollar capital gains in the process. He is also the second largest investor after KRM in NewsCorp. Alwaleed also stands out as one of the world's first truly global tycoons, fully taking advantage of the increasingly borderless, increasingly seamless global markets. King Fahd's nephew, Alwaleed is a senior member of the powerful and secretive Alsaud royal family of Saudi Arabia, and stands to play an increasingly large role in a Middle East. For this biography, Alwaleed has provided Rossant with exclusive access to royal family members, financial advisors, friends and business partners.