Committed to making the world a better place, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia is known for a wide range of philanthropic activities around the globe. He seeks to promote change through mutual cultural understanding.
At the same time that Prince Alwaleed gave his gift to Harvard, he also gave a gift to expand the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. He has also funded cross-cultural learning initiatives in the Middle East and England and agreed to finance the construction of a new Islamic wing at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
In addition, the Prince endorses peace through aid to the less fortunate and disaster relief after incidents such as South East Asia's tsunami in 2004 and the Pakistani earthquake in October 2005. Prince Alwaleed has become a supporter of advancing new scientific knowledge and creating a regional community of leaders in science and medicine by sponsoring biomedical research and academic programs of the Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research.
Born into the Saudi Royal family in Riyadh and educated in the US, the Prince is equally comfortable in the Middle East and in Europe and America. In addition to promoting tolerance through education and aid, he encourages understanding through business as a private entrepreneur and an international investor. He initially focused on construction and real estate and, over time, formed Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), which invests in banking, telecommunications, broadcasting and media, entertainment, hospitality, computers and electronics, agriculture, restaurants, upscale fashion, retailing, supermarkets, tourism, travel, and automotive manufacturing.
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