Drea Knufken
Through his appropriately-named Kingdom Holding Company, King Abdullah’s nephew has major holdings in Citigroup, the Four Seasons and Fairmont hotel chains, and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. He also owns the Arab media giant Rotana, which, incidentally, News Corp. owns a 9% stake in, according to Forbes. The “Warren Buffett of Saudi Arabia’s” four airplanes, $3 billion in real estate, and inheritance surely don’t hurt. Last year, bin Talal filled Harvard’s Islamic Studies department’s coffers with a cool $20 million donation.
