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The HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal 
HRH Prince Alwaleed was born in 1955, is the grandson of two remarkable, and
in some ways legendary, historical figures, King Abdulaziz Alsaud, founder
and first ruler of Saudi Arabia, and Riad El Solh, an iconic statesman in
Lebanon’s drive for independence and its first Prime Minister.
Over the years HRH has acquired substantial interests in a variety of
sectors, such as hotels, real estate, media, broadcasting, entertainment,
information technology, communications, upscale fashion retailing,
supermarkets, health and education.
Within this diversified portfolio there
are investments in saudi companies including Savola, Tasnee, Saudi Research
and Marketing Group (SRMG) and National Air Services Company Limited (NAS),
and two significant real estate developments, one in Jeddah and the other in
Riyadh.
The portfolio also includes investments in the recognized
international names of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, George V Hotel in
Paris, Fairmont Raffles International Inc., Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts,
Songbird Estates (Canary Wharf), Apple Inc., Time Warner, News Corp., Walt
Disney, Euro Disney, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Motorola, Hewlett Packard
and Eastman Kodak, among others.
In recognition of his business and civic accomplishments, HRH Prince
Alwaleed has been the recipient of numerous honors and accolades from many
organizations, societies, monarchs and heads of state. The citations accompanying these honors particularly
point to his
financial contributions to education, international understanding,
coexistence, and to the provision of assistance to the victims of natural
disasters, as well as to the poor and needy, irrespective of nationality,
race or creed.
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Recognition
While EENI knew the business and philanthropic activities of His Royal Highness
it was a real pleasure for us to see that business, ethics and contribution
to society are compatible.
Local, regional and global investments of Kingdom Holding Company are
amazing. Saudi companies like SAVOLA or Saudi American Bank; regional
investments like Kingdom Agricultural Development Company in Egypt or
international investments like Citigroup, shows the vision of a leader.
The contributions of his HRH to the development of society also were a
great discovery for us, in particular their vision of “irrespective of
nationality, race or creed”.
EENI's Director, Pedro Nonell, take the liberty to refer to his dictum:
“To whom much is given, from whom much is expected” …
This expresses much better than we can say here.
For all these reasons, EENI has the honor to offer to His Royal Highness the: “Master
Honoris Causa”
The prince was delighted to receive the recognition from EENI's Director, Pedro
Nonell.
EENI would like to express our sincere appreciation to His Royal Highness and to
the Saudi delegation the opportunity to participate in this meeting.
We also wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Xavier Villamayor, Vice-
Mayor of Tarragona’s city council.
EENI also wish to thank our Yemeni student, Yahya Abdul-Aleem Hassan, who
did his thesis about the business of His Royal Highness; and our delegate for
Middle East, Mr Hazem El Sheik from Palestine.
Finally, we wish to thanks to Mrs Susana Fernandez, our Director of
International Relations, with her enthusiasm and dedication this meeting has
been possible.
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