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.
AL-WALEED BIN TALALThere are pockets of extremism in Israel,
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Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population.
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In the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.
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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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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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If I’m going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don’t do it at all.
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I would love to be a corporate leader.
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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 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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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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It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.
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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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The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.
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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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Kingdom Holding will continue to achieve strong results and to distribute dividends
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Ethics to me is very important.
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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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It is my responsibility to take advantage of my position to make the world a better place
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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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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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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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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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I’m telling you, you can’t compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.
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Riyadh – It’s like a city within a city.
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There are pockets of extremism in Israel,
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You cannot play with fire.
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