8 companies you didn't know Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal invested in

We all know that AlWalid Bin Talal owns Rotana and is close to the Murdoch empire, but did you know that he also has shares in eBay, Twitter, and Saks?

2015-09-30 15:00

Alwaleed Bin Talal, savvy businessman and grandson of the founder of Saudi Arabia, had previously announced that he would donate most of his wealth – some $32 billion – to charity. You might have known that the Saudi prince, who owns the lucrative Rotana corporation, also has a share in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp but here are eight other companies Alwaleed's investment company, Kingdom Holdings, has had a hand in:

1. Twitter

Has invested since: 2011

2. Apple

Has invested since: 1997

3. Saks Incorporated

Has invested since: 1993

4. eBay

Has invested since: 2000

5. Disneyland Paris (previously EuroDisney)

Has invested since: 1994

6. Time Warner

Kingdom Holdings has a 5 percent share in the giant media corporation.

7. Mövenpick, Four Seasons, Fairmont Hotels

Kingdom Holdings owns the Movempick and Fairmont hotel chains as well as a number of Four Seasons branches, including the Savoy in Lodon.

8. Citigroup

The Saudi prince's first acquisition, made in 1991, of then-crumbling Citigroup brought him to the spotlight.