Alwaleed bin Talal - Kingdom Holding

Buy-out fund reflects take-off in Africa

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July 1, 2008 3:41 pm

The rapid growth of private equity in Africa will be underlined on Tuesday as Kingdom Zephyr announces it has raised $325m for its latest pan-African buy-out fund with backing from ... Read more »

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Kingdom set to approve Mile High tower in Jeddah

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February 23, 2008 6:42 pm

Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding Co. will soon invite bids by contractors to build a mile-tall mega-skyscraper in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, taller than four Empire State Buildings stacked upon each other. Kingdom ... Read more »

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Alwaleed plans $176mn Airbus refit

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February 11, 2008 10:19 pm

Saudi Arabia’s richest businessman will spend £90million pounds turning his A380 Airbus the most luxurious private jet in the world, it emerged today.Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, ... Read more »

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Alwaleed comes to Citi rescue for a second time

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January 15, 2008 12:38 pm

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said he is among investors helping Citigroup Inc, which posted its first quarterly loss since its creation in 1998, to raise $12.5 billion in convertible ... Read more »

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WSJ: Citi may get cash from Saudi Prince

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January 12, 2008 12:05 pm

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Citigroup shareholder that came to the bank’s rescue during the credit crisis of the early 1990s, might do so again now, the Wall Street ... Read more »

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Alwaleed-backed fund to inject $500 mln in Africa

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December 19, 2007 6:01 pm

A private equity fund whose biggest investor is Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is raising funds to invest $500 million throughout Africa.The fund — Pan-African Investment Partners II — ... Read more »

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Saudi Prince Purchases His Own Airbus A380 Superjumbo

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November 12, 2007 9:20 pm

  Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi billionaire who is Citigroup Inc.’s biggest individual investor, agreed to buy a $319 million Airbus SAS A380 superjumbo, becoming the first private customer ... Read more »

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Alwaleed says Citi shares too low, not selling

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November 11, 2007 7:36 pm

Citigroup Inc’s <C.N> largest individual shareholder, billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, regards the bank’s share price as ridiculously low and is not selling any shares, a magazine quoted him ... Read more »

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Alwaleed declines comment on Citigroup turmoil

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November 5, 2007 5:52 pm

 Citigroup Inc’s largest individual shareholder, billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed, will not comment on the crisis rocking the U.S. largest bank until the “picture gets clearer”, a spokeswoman said on Monday.  ... Read more »

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Battle for the Citi

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October 2, 2007 11:54 am

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the company’s largest individual shareholder, said today in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he supports the current CEO. “No financial institution ... Read more »

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The Middle East’s 20 Richest People

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September 29, 2007 5:05 pm

Forbes publisheds a list of The middle east richest.  Check it out here  http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/27/billionaires-oil-banking-biz-cz_dp_0927middleeastbillies_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=15000 .No. 1  is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud  from Saudi Arabia with neth worth of  $20.3 billion

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Arab Prince checks out his investments in Costa Rica

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August 19, 2007 12:47 pm

  Billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia visited Costa Rica this past weekend and stayed here until Tuesday, when he left for Guatemala after personally checking out and ... Read more »

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Kingdom Holding Shares Rise as Much as 41% on Debut

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July 29, 2007 3:46 pm

Shares of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Co. rose as much as 41 percent in their trading debut, making the company the fourth- largest publicly traded firm ... Read more »

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Saudis snap up shares despite Islamic edict

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July 23, 2007 1:24 pm

share offering by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding attracted more than double the amount the billionaire wanted as over 1 million Saudis ignored Islamic religious edicts against the ... Read more »

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Alwaleed’s Kingdom Preparing to Sell Shares to Public

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July 4, 2007 9:21 am

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Co. is preparing to sell shares in an initial public offering that values the company at 64.6 billion Saudi riyals ($17.2 billion), a ... Read more »

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Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding to Sell 5% of Its Shares to Public

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June 25, 2007 1:46 am

  Kingdom Holding Co., the Saudi Arabian investment company owned by billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, will sell 315 million shares, or 5 percent of its equity, in an initial ... Read more »

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