Turki bin Salman Al Saud ( ar, تركي بن سلمان آل سعود ''Turkī ibn Salmān Āl Su‘ūd'') (born 1987) 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 who is the chairman of Tharawat Holding Company. On 9 February 2013 he was appointed chairman of the

Saudi Research and Marketing Group Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG) (also known as the Saudi Media Group) is a Saudi joint stock company registered in Riyadh. The group mainly publishes, prints and distributes various publications. The company operates in Saudi Arabia where t ...

(SRMG) and served in the post until 6 April 2014.

Biography

Prince Turki was born in Riyadh in 1987. He is the ninth child of King

Salman bin Abdulaziz Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, سلمان بن عبد العزیز آل سعود, , ; born 31 December 1935) is King of Saudi Arabia, reigning since 2015, and served as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2022. The 25th son of King ...

. Prince Turki's mother is

Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain ( ar, فهدة بنت فلاح آل حثلين) is the third spouse of Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the king of Saudi Arabia. She is a member of the Ajman tribe. Her mother is Munira bint Abdullah and her ancestors ...

, the third spouse of King Salman. He is the full brother of

Mohammed bin Salman Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud ( ar, محمد بن سلمان آل سعود, translit=Muḥammad bin Salmān Āl Su‘ūd; born 31 August 1985), colloquially known by his initials MBS or MbS, is Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. H ...

, defense minister and

crown prince of Saudi Arabia The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is the second-most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the King, and is his designated successor. Currently, the Crown Prince assumes power with the approval of the Allegiance Council after he is nomi ...

, and of Prince Khalid, deputy defense minister. Prince Turki received a bachelor's degree in marketing from

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 ...

. Prince Turki was appointed chairman of the

(SRMG) in February 2013. He replaced his half-brother Prince Faisal in the post. Prince Turki's term as chairman ended in April 2014 when he resigned from the post. Prince Turki is the chairman of Tharawat Holding Company.

Ancestry

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saud, Turki Salman

Turki Chagatai (چغتای, ''Čaġatāy''), also known as ''Turki'', Eastern Turkic, or Chagatai Turkic (''Čaġatāy türkīsi''), is an extinct Turkic literary language that was once widely spoken across Central Asia and remained the shared literar ...

1987 births

Living people