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.
AL-WALEED BIN TALALThe issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years.
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I 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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I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I’m very happy with what I’m doing right now.
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Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, where the population growth is very high, whereby you don’t have the mortgage low yet. Still the demand outstrips supply by much.
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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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If I’m going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don’t do it at all.
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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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My own center, my Kingdom Center, which is the highest priced tower in Saudi Arabia, was vacated twice because of terrorist attacks, terrorist threats.
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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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The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years.
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I would love to be a corporate leader.
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Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.
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I’m telling you, you can’t compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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No company should depend on one person no matter how that person is smart or genius, whether it’s Apple or News Corp, or Citibank or any other company in the world.
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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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I’m not panicking, and I’m not scared, I’ve been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.
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