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Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer

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Residence
  
Riyadh

Name
  
Sultan Mohammed

Organizations founded
  
Almarai

Religion
  
Islam

Alma mater
  
King Saud University

Years active
  
1977–present

Net worth
  
4.8 billion USD (2015)

Nationality
  
Saudi Arabian

Role
  
Businessman


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Born
  
1954 (age 61–62)
Riyadh

Occupation
  
Co-founder and Chairman of Almarai

Spouse(s)
  
Al Juwhara bint Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Parents
  
Mohamed bin Saud Al Kabeer

Siblings
  
Al Fres Badr bin Mohamed bin Saud Al Kabeer

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Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer (born 1954 in Riyadh) is a member of House of Saud and a businessman. He is one of the founders of Almarai, the largest integrated dairy foods company in the world.

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Family background

Prince Sultan belongs to the Al-Kabeer branch of the Saudi Royal Family. This branch are the descendants of Prince Saud, who was an uncle of Ibn Saud, the founder of the present Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As such, the Al-Kabeer family is a cadet branch of the royal family and are not eligible to succeed to the throne.

Education and career

Prince Sultan graduated with a bachelor's degree in commerce and political science from King Saud University. He founded the dairy company Almarai in 1977 and took it public in 2005 with he himself shares nearly 29%. He is the chairman of the board of Arabian shield - Bahrain insurance company and Arabian Union for Cement Industries, and serves as vice president and managing director of Yamama Saudi Cement. He is one of the founders of Zain Saudi Telecom, Al Salam Bank (Bahrain), Dana Gas based in UAE. He also keeps a stud farm outside Riyadh where he trains around 100 horses.

Net worth

Prince Sultan is 12th in the Forbes Middle East's billionaire ranking in 2013, Forbes Magazine estimated his net worth at $4.4 billion. As of December 2016, it listed him Third richest person in Saudi Arabia and 477th in the world.

References

Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Wikipedia