Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed Bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud is a Saudi business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is a member of the Saudi royal family...
NationalitySaudi Arabian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 March 1955
believe capital venture
I believe Twitter, right now, is just finishing the venture capital phase, getting into a maturity level.
clear government rising running
Well, it's very clear that the Arab population is rising because they'd like to have a say in the running of their affairs, running of their government, and this is very legitimate.
country
But each country has to advance and move at its own speed.
It is very clear that the Republicans do not want to raise taxes.
functions
Clearly, as a CEO, you have other functions that are managed by other people.
huge project
In Riyadh, there's going to be a huge project that will house at least 12,000 units with inhabitants of approximately 150,000 people. It's like a city within a city.
accept across borders choose clear clearly generalize impose israel pick resolution states united
If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. We can't just pick and choose where we impose and accept the U.N. resolution and don't accept them. U.N. Resolution 242 is very clear and states very clearly that Israel has to go back to the borders of the pre-war of 1967.
We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor.
behind people respect wound
Those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York. The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you can't say, 'Let's just go back to where we were pre-9/11.
strong kings people
Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.
country war years
The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.
looks four fields
So, if you look at what's common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields.
middle-east force company
One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East. It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.
smart apples genius
No company should depend on one person no matter how that person is smart or genius, whether it's Apple or News Corp, or Citibank or any other company in the world.