Kingdom Holding Company

Kingdom Holding Company is a private holding company, incorporated in Saudi Arabia, and is one of the largest Saudi companies. It is owned by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz, and is headquartered in the city of Riyadh.

The company describes itself as a diversified investment company, whose interests include banking, real estate, telecommunications, broadcasting and media, entertainment, hospitality, computers and electronics, agriculture, restaurants, upscale fashion, retailing, supermarkets, tourism, travel and automotive manufacturing. (Source: Bloomberg Professional)

Probably its best known international investments include (or have included):

• Amazon
• AOL/Time Warner
• Apple Computers
• Boeing
• Canary Wharf
• Citigroup
• Coca Cola
• Compaq
• Disneyland Paris
• eBay
• Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
• Ford
• Hotel George V, Paris
• Gillette
• McDonald's
• News Corporation
• PepsiCo
• Procter & Gamble
• Walt Disney

The company is known for hiring the first Saudi female pilot ever. It is also the owner of the Kingdom Center.

In July 2005, Kingdom announced a joint venture with HSBC to invest in growth companies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Profile

Company Profile Updated: 23-MAR-06 Source: Goliath Business Profiles

Kingdom Holding Co.[br]

Limited Liability Company PO Box 230002, Riyadh , Saudi Arabia 966 01 488 1111, 966 01 481 1954 fax, http://www.kingdom.net Primary SIC: Misc. Business Credit Institutions, Primary NAICS: All Other Non-Depository Credit Intermediation Description: Finance: Holding company with interests in investments and project financing, contracting and trading

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