Sultan bin Mohammed Al Kabeer (born 1954) is a

Saudi prince The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), an ...

and businessman. He is one of the founders of

Almarai Almarai Company () is a Saudi multinational dairy company which is listed on the Tadawul stock exchange. It specializes in food and beverage manufacturing and distribution. The company's main offices are located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Histo ...

which is the largest vertically integrated dairy foods company in the world. Prince Sultan is a great-nephew of

King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...

, being the grandson of the King's sister Noura bint Abdul Rahman.

Early life and education

Prince Sultan belongs to the Al Kabeer branch of the Saudi royal family. This branch are the descendants of

Saud bin Faisal bin Turki The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), and ...

Emir of Nejd The Emirate of Nejd or Imamate of Nejd was the Second Saudi State, existing between 1824 and 1891 in Nejd, the regions of Riyadh and Ha'il of what is now Saudi Arabia. Saudi rule was restored to central and eastern Arabia after the Emirate of D ...

, who was an uncle of King Abdulaziz, the founder of the present

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Ara ...

. As such, the Al Kabeer family is a

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of the royal family and are not eligible to succeed to the throne. Saud bin Faisal was the great-great-grandfather of Prince Sultan. Prince Sultan was born in 1954 in

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...

. His father is

Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer ( ar, محمد ابن سعود أل كبير, Muḥammad ibn Suʿūd Āl Kabīr; 1908 – November 1998) was a House of Saud, Saudi royal and businessman. He was a nephew of King Abdulaziz. He was the patriarch of the ...

who was the son of Saud Al Kabeer and Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud, sister of King Abdulaziz. He is a graduate of

King Saud University King Saud University (KSU, ar, جامعة الملك سعود) is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulaziz to address the country's skilled worker shortage, it is the first university in the K ...

having a

bachelor’s degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six y ...

in commerce and

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Career

Prince Sultan founded the

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company, Almarai, in 1977, and subsequently made it public in 2005 whilst retaining shares of nearly 29%. He also founded Masstock Saudia which was a joint agricultural company with an Irish company in the 1980s. He was the chairman of the board of Arabian shield - Bahrain insurance company and Arabian Union for Cement Industries, and served as vice president and managing director of Yamama Saudi Cement. He is one of the founders of Zain Saudi Telecom, Al Salam Bank (Bahrain), Dana Gas based in UAE. In March 2020 Prince Sultan resigned from his post as chairman of the board of directors of Almarai Company. He was succeeded by his son Nayef bin Sultan Al Kabeer.

Arrest

On 4 November 2017, Prince Sultan was arrested but not detained. This was following a corruption crackdown conducted by a new royal anti-corruption committee. In late December 2017 Prince Sultan's sons Nayef and Saud were detained in Riyadh due to their alleged involvement in a protest over the government’s decision to stop paying their utility bills.

Wealth and influence

Prince Sultan was the third person in the ''Forbes Middle Easts billionaire ranking in 2017, and ''

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'' estimated his net worth at US$3.8 billion. As of January 2018 it listed him the third richest person in Saudi Arabia. However, in March 2018 he was removed from the list due to the fact that it was not clear whether or not he still had the assets. Gulf Business listed him the 38th most powerful Arab in 2019. He was also given as one of the most powerful people in Saudi Arabia in the annual Arabian Business Saudi Power List in 2020.

Horse breeding

Prince Sultan keeps a stud farm outside Riyadh, Nofa Equestrian Resort, where he trains around 100 horses. Total Impact, a racehorse which was imported by Sultan from Chile and trained by

Laura de Seroux Laura M. de Seroux (born February 9, 1952 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. In 2002 she became the second female to win a Breeders' Cup race and the only female to train an American Horse of the Year. E ...

, won the grade-1

Hollywood Gold Cup The Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in May. The race currently offers a purse of $400,000. ...

in 2004. In 2015 Prince Sultan bought Spring At Last, a grade-1 winning race horse.

References

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1954 births

Living people

Saudi Arabian prisoners and detainees