Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal the founder of Kingdom Holding

The business magnate Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud was born on the 7th of March 1955 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as the son of Prince Talal and of Mona Al Solh, who was the daughter of the first Prime Minister of Lebanon. He was also one of the nephews of King Abdullah, the Saudi ruler.Prince Talal was the finance minister of Saudi Arabia during the 1960s and then he went to exile when he