I would love to be a corporate leader.
AL-WALEED BIN TALALI own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.
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The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.
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You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people – 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there.
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My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.
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Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.
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Well, you know, News Corp is the only real media global – that has a global presence that’s involved in TV production, in movies, in publishing, in newspapers, digital media, et cetera.
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Riyadh – It’s like a city within a city.
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Kingdom Holding will continue to achieve strong results and to distribute dividends
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Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products – iPod, iPhone, iPad – that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world.
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The legacy of Steve Jobs and the strength of Steve Jobs is that he established a company that’s clearly firing on all cylinders and clicking very well.
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The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.
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One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East.
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You know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.
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I’m telling you, you can’t compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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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.
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whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views.
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