Adnan Khashoggi Triad Triopoly Board Game

Triad International is a multi-national private investment corporation that was owned by the late

Adnan Khashoggi Adnan Khashoggi ( ar, عدنان خاشقجي, ‘Adnān Khāshuqjī; 25 July 1935 – 6 June 2017) was a Saudi businessman and arms dealer known for his lavish business deals and lifestyle. He was estimated to have had a peak net worth ...

. Its investments include many notable properties and businesses throughout the World. The company consisted of subsidiary companies, including Triad Management, Triad Properties, Triad Energy, Triad Technology, and Triad Financial resources. The global span of the businesses prompted the creation by the Khashoggi family of a board-game called Triopoly which was modelled after the classic game of

Monopoly A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, label=none and el, πωλεῖν, pōleîn, to sell, label=none), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situati ...

. The various game tiles represented properties and companies owned by Khashoggi and his Triad corporation. The game was manufactured and given to family and friends.

History

Triad International was formed in the early 1960s, and as it grew, it spanned over five continents. The company holdings included hotels, shopping centers, banks, oil refineries, a computer manufacturer, a gold mine, construction companies, car and truck franchises, and a professional sports team, the

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. The company was headquartered in

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, Switzerland, with its subsidiary companies located in the United States, Canada, and Saudi Arabia. TheNabila-1

Handlingair Douglas DC-8-73 (VR-CKA) operated for Adnan Khashoggi

Khashoggi, through Triad, owned the

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Safari Club, known as

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, a 90,000 acre preserve at the foot of

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Town Center East, a $250 million property,

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Edgington Oil, a $250 million per year oil refinery, Santa Ana-based ATV computer systems, Arizona, Colorado Land & Cattle company, Security National bank in

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mine in

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, Canada, Saudi Arabian

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and

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car and truck dealerships, the

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in Saudi Arabia, and Sahuaro Petroleum in

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The company also had major financial interests in

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, the Manera company, Las Brisas Resort in

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, Mexico, the

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, Pyramid Oasis in

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, Egypt,

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, Pacific Harbor hotel in Fiji, Beirut Riyadh bank, and the bank of Contra Costa. Adnan Khashoggi Omaria DC-9 H500E

Khashoggi's Triad real estate holdings included private residences in

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in Lebanon,

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and

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in Saudi Arabia, Geneva in Switzerland, Cairo in Egypt,

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in Utah, Cone Ranch in

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in Italy,

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and

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in France,

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in England, and a multi-floor penthouse in

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. Khashoggi owned several private jets, and super-yachts through Triad, including a

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DC-8 and DC-9, three

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727s, and several smaller business jets and helicopters. His three super-yachts, the Nabila, the Mohammadia, and the Khalidia, were named after his children,

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, Mohammed and Khalid. Aircraft manufacturer Northrop sued Triad over alleged corrupt business practices.

References

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, year = 2004 , isbn = 9789041122360 , pages = 246, 256, 265, 267 International business Multinational companies