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[ScheichAlwaleedbinTalal]

Alwaleed`s Kingdom`: The mystery of the world`s second-richest businessman

HOMETOWN
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

AGE
42

MARITAL STATUS
Married

NO. CHILDREN
2

EDUCATION:
Undergraduate
Bachelor of ArtsMenlo C Graduate

Syracuse University (USA)


Prince Alwaleed is the modern face of Saudi royalty

The wealth of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia is not normally attributed to business acumen, financial probity or hard work. An exception is the multi-billion-dollar fortune of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Chairman of his own company at 14, a billionaire at 31, Prince Alwaleed, now 41, is a self-made businessman who has amassed a fortune that he estimates is worth $14.3 billion. Last year Forbes magazine ranked him behind Bill Gates as the world`s second-richest businessman. Of the grandchildren of Ibn Saud, the warrior who united the Arabian peninsula in the early years of this century, none enjoys greater prestige.

The prince`s renown must delight Saudi Arabia and its allies. The royal family`s extravagance and greed have long been an embarrassment-particularly to those who came to Saudi Arabia`s aid after Iraq`s invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Here, at last, is something to cheer about: a royal prince who is clean-living and generous. And one who has demonstrated a remarkable capacity to make money through his own hard work and intelligence.

The world has heaped praise on Prince Alwaleed. He is admired as an internationally minded, long-term investor with a record for identifying undervalued companies. Time magazine has labelled him an "Arabian Warren Buffett". Forbes has described him as one of the world`s shrewdest investors. In an article in 1995 Business Week endorsed the idea that by 2010 he could be "the most powerful and influential businessman on earth".

Meeting the prince, it is easy to be impressed. Energetic and articulate, he is the sort of man who can sit through hours of meetings, tirelessly pressing his advisers with detailed and penetrating questions. In his offices in Riyadh, he has surrounded himself with a young team of well-educated workaholics who clearly admire him. Outside Saudi Arabia, he has used his wealth and royal blood to build a network of world leaders and businessmen.

However, his business empire has a mystery at its heart. The Economist has interviewed the prince and his entourage, as well as examining the accounts of dozens of the companies in which he has a stake, and his filings with America`s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Our research raises two doubts about Prince Alwaleed. The first concerns the true extent of his success as a stockmarket investor; the second, the land deals that are the source of much of his income.

Warren Albuffett

During the 1990s Prince Alwaleed`s empire expanded at a frantic pace, far beyond its origins in Saudi Arabia. The portfolio is eclectic. His holdings, typically minority stakes, include interests in media, telecoms, information systems, banking, retailing, property, entertainment and hotel-management. He also owns luxury hotels, mostly in partnership with other investors.

The sheer diversity of these investments reflects Prince Alwaleed`s view of himself as a bargain-hunter and deal-maker. In his investments outside Saudi Arabia, Prince Alwaleed`s role is usually passive. His chief advantage is the cash he has on tap. If a company is suffering from a funding crisis, the prince is one of the world`s few private investors who can readily write a cheque for hundreds of millions of dollars. As a large investor, he also has access to managers and bargaining power that ordinary investors can only dream of. The combination of high risk and sweetheart deals should yield exceptional returns.

Citicorp, Prince Alwaleed`s debut as an international investor, shows how well this approach can work. By the autumn of 1990, the bank, then America`s largest, desperately needed capital. It had lost money on property loans and was being urged by the Federal Reserve to strengthen its capital base. But Citicorp`s search for more than $1 billion from investors had been fruitless. Amid fears that the bank might fail, its shares had plunged.

Enter Prince Alwaleed, then barely known. At the end of 1990 he bought 4.9% of Citicorp`s existing common shares for $207m ($12.46 per share)-the most that he could without being legally obliged to declare his interest. In February 1991, as American troops stationed in Saudi Arabia were preparing for war with Iraq, the prince spent $590m buying new preferred shares, convertible into common shares at $16 each. This amounted to a further 10% of Citicorp and took his stake to 14.9%.

For a novice, Prince Alwaleed`s timing was astonishing. Two weeks later Citicorp`s capital crisis passed when a group of international investors bought a further $600m of new preferred shares. By 1994 the bank`s share price had soared and Prince Alwaleed had made his reputation as well as his fortune.

Citicorp is the perfect example of the exceptional returns that Prince Alwaleed`s approach can yield.

My home country:

While I am surfing in the Internet and buying shares:


In front of one of my residences:


When I became famous in the western world:



On board my Kingdom 5-KR:


My helicopter and me with friends:


While I am eating delicious food:


Selbst Michael Jackson gehört zu meinen Freunden. Ihr seht nun, ich spreche auch deutsch ein bißchen:



Ich werde Euch mit meiner Anwesenheit in nächster Zeit bereichern. Ich schon sprechen sehr gut deutsch nach nur 4 Tagen.

Assalam-e-alaikum,




Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

[sledge-hammer]

Alaikum-salam Prinz und willkommen im Board.
Hoffe daß Du uns mit interessanten Beiträgen und
Nachrichten beglücken wirst, so daß wir die Irdischen
Güter weiter vermehren werden um den Armen und schwachen
den uns auferlegten Sekat zuteil werden zulassen.

Hochachtungsvoll Sledge-Hammer

[J.F.Rothschild]

Welcome on Board of the Wallstreetonline Community,

we hope that your prosperity comes along with your wisedom
showing all members of the community how to invest in the right way.
We are proud to have you with us.

Yours Sincerely

J.F.Rothschild

[EeeTee]

Was sucht ein soooo reicher Mann in so einem Forum.
ist das nur ein Witz oder ist wirklich ein Scheich unter uns?
wenn dies doch stimmen sollte, dann fühle ich mich geehrt!
PS:Fakten und Bilder sind überzeugend! :-)

Hochachtungsvoll
Erdal T.

[daumenlutscher]

Hi Scheich Du wüster Sohn des Abendlandes,
möchtest Du mein und Quasimodos Freund werden,dann wären wir schon zu dritt.
schöne Grüße auch an die Kamele
daumenlutscher

[ScheichAlwaleedbinTalal]

Walekum assalam, brothers!

ich schon gesagt, gelernt deutsch seit vier Taggen. Mogen alle Moslem-Brothers viel Geld an Borse verdienen, denn Islam sein gud!

Ich gerne berreit auch andersglaubige zu bekehren und so zu Richdom zu fuhrren.

Habe uber Broker haben gezeichnet viel Comdirect-Shares. Mussen haben zugeteilt bekommen viele. Ich 25 000 gezeichnet.

Regards,

Scheich Alwaleed bin Talal

P.S.: Mr. Rothschild, thank you very much for welcoming me that warmly. I rather appreciate your friendliness. Wish you good transactions!

[ZimtOchse]

As Salaamu `Alaikum

This must be a fake or I`m a hobbit.
Anyway, you`re welcome, nice idea.

Comdirect: don`t expect too much. If you haven`t an account over 100 years and 25 trades a day, you probably only got 48 pieces (I`ve got nothing).

ciao ZO

[totalpleite]

An ZimtOchse,
mir commts auch gleich und das ganz direkt,kann nicht mehr vor lauter lachen.Du hättest noch schreiben müßen(entferne mich in gebückter Haltung)

[humm]

endlich ich deutsch schreiben wie ich lust haben und keine mich auslachen...
da mir deutsch 2. sprache, ist sehr angenehm nicht aufpassen mussen...
ich auch Hobbit sein wenn das echt sein....
lustig ist es aber wirklich !

An ScheichAlwaheedbin Talal: vielen danken, haber viel gelacht....

humm

[ScheichAlwaleedbinTalal]

Man as arabistan astam. Schumo almana kulleh ton kafer asten. Bisjor ssareton chanda qardam, as chotore ke chela lauda asten.

Scheich Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

[JR Ewing]

@scheich:
es macht wirklich betroffen zu sehen unter welch erbärmlichen Lebensbedingungen Sie dahinvegitieren müssen. Aber da die meisten WO-Mitglieder nichts mehr ankotzt als Armut würde ich Ihnen doch empfehlen besser im Consors-Board zu posten.

Einer der es gut mit Ihnen meint: JR

[kleeneZecke]

Herzlich Willkommen in Germany Mister Scheich!

schön das eure Majestät endlich eingetroffen sind, ich habe Sie schon sehnsüchtig erwartet. Sie sind sogar im richtigen Board gelandet und wenn Sie gut aufpassen sind Sie bald so reich wie alle anderen die hier posten.
Passen Sie aber bitte auf das Sie mir nicht alle Aktien wegkaufen. Bei Ihrem vielen Taschengeld ist die Gefahr groß das Sie sich übernehmen und den Markt leerkaufen.

sonst noch viel Spaß
euer ergebener Diener

kleene Zecke

[Biotech_Gnom]

SSalam-e-alaikum,
Du surfen von Wüste aus?

[angeldust]

Jetzt fehlt nur noch Rudolfo Mooooshammer mit seinem Pfiffffi!!!!