holding company industry diversified investments conglomerate founded 1980 ; 36 years ago 1980 headquarters riyadh saudi arabia key people al waleed bin talal chairman and ceo owner al waleed bin talal website www.kingdom.com.sa the kingdom holding company arabic is a saudi conglomerate holding company based in riyadh saudi arabia . the kingdom holding company khc is a publicly listed company on the tadawul saudi stock exchange . the khc consists of a select team of experienced investment specialists directed by its founder prince al waleed bin talal . the company describes itself as a diversified investment company whose main interests are financial services real estate tourism and hospitality media entertainment petrochemicals aviation and technology . its investments include or have included 1 360buy past china now publicly traded as jd.com amazon past us aol time warner past us apple past us canary wharf past uk citigroup past us coca cola past us compaq past us ebay past us eurodisney past france now fully owned by the walt disney company four seasons hotels & resorts past canada based now us owned fairmont hotels and resorts past canada based now us owned ford past us hotel george v present 100 % france hewlett packard past us kadco egypt present 100 % egypt kingdom hospital consulting clinics citation needed present 100 % saudi arabia kingdom hotels investments present 100 % saudi arabia kingdom schools present 100 % saudi arabia lebanese broadcasting corporation present 100 % lebanon lyft present us 2 mcdonald s past us motorola mobility past us m venpick hotels & resorts present 33 % germany citation needed flynas present 100 % saudi arabia national industrialization company present 100 % saudi arabia news corporation past us pepsico past us priceline.com past us procter & gamble past us rotana group arabic the arab world s largest entertainment company present 100 % saudi arabia saks incorporated past us the savola group present 100 % saudi arabia samba saudi american bank past us marvel comics past us saudi research & marketing group present 100 % saudi arabia the walt disney company past us twitter 3 past us the company is known for hiring the first saudi female commercial pilot captain hanadi zakaria al hindi who trained at the mideast aviation academy in jordan . 4 it is the owner of and was the lead developer of the kingdom centre in riyadh saudi arabia . kingdom holding is an active investor in sub saharan africa through kingdom africa management a private equity firm and subsidiary based in south africa ghana and nigeria . kingdom africa is run by j. kofi bucknor and focuses on growth equity investments . in 2007 the company committed to purchasing an airbus a380 flying palace for 485 million 5 however according to the kingdom holding s chief financial officer the plane has been sold . 6 in april 2010 the company sold part of its stake in raffles holdings international in a deal worth about 847 million . to a group of investors including an affiliate of qatar s sovereign wealth fund . 7 in august 2011 the company announced plans for the construction of jeddah tower which will become the tallest building in the world . 8 saudi arabia portal middle east portal companies portal economy portal references edit saudi kingdom holding company . retrieved jan 19 2012 . reuters december 24 2015 . saudi s kingdom holding among group investing 247.7 million in lyft . retrieved september 5 2016 . saudi prince pumps 300 million into twitter . techcrunch . 18 december 2011 . retrieved 18 december 2011 . first saudi female pilot lands job with kingdom holding m. ghazanfar ali khan arab news 24 november 2004 retrieved 9 october 2009 archived may 27 2006 at the wayback machine . hrh prince alwaleed bin talal places first order for a380 flying palace press release . airbus . 12 november 2007 . retrieved 4 april 2011 . prince alwaleed bin talal insulted at only being no 26 on forbes rich list the guardian 5 march 2013 . kingdom holding sells stake in raffles . dealbook.nytimes.com . retrieved 20 september 2012 . kingdom holding contracts construction of world s tallest tower . www.azobuild.com . 2011 . retrieved 25 august 2011 . external links edit kingdom holding company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kingdom holding company & oldid 737896574 categories 1980 establishments in saudi arabiacompanies listed on tadawuleconomic history of saudi arabiaholding companies established in 1980holding companies of saudi arabiainvestment companiessovereign wealth fundshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles containing arabic language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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