Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud is a Saudi royal and the president of the Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sports (SAFEIS) and the Arab eSports Federation since 2017. He is also vice president of the Global Esports Federation.

Early life and education

Faisal's parents are

Bandar bin Sultan Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (born 2 March 1949) is a retired Saudi Arabian diplomat, military officer, and government official who served as Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. He is a member of the House of Saud. Fro ...

and

Haifa bint Faisal Haifa bint Faisal Al Saud ( ar, هيفاء بنت فيصل آل سعود; born 1950), also called Haifa Al Faisal, is a member of the House of Saud. Early life Haifa bint Faisal was born in July 1950. She is the daughter of King Faisal and Q ...

. He is the brother of

Reema bint Bandar Reema bint Bandar Al Saud ( ar, ريما بنت بندر بن سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود; born 15 February 1975) is a member of House of Saud and the List of ambassadors of Saudi Arabia to the United States, Saudi Arabian am ...

and Khalid bin Bandar. Faisal bin Bandar received a bachelor's degree in

telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

from

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

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, in 2003.

Career

Prince Faisal moved back to Saudi Arabia following his graduation and started several local businesses. In 2012 he established a company called Saker Al Jazirah which focused on

recycling Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. The recovery of energy from waste materials is often included in this concept. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the p ...

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and

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. He is also chairman of a media company called Banader Al Khaleej. In 2017 Prince Faisal entered government work when he was named the president of the Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sports (SAFEIS) as well as president of the Arab eSports Federation. From 1 December 2021 he is also the vice president of the

Global Esports Federation The Global Esports Federation (GEF) is a non-governmental organization that convenes the world's esports (or competitive video gaming) community. It was established on December 16, 2019, and is headquartered in Singapore, where it is a registe ...

Personal life

Faisal bin Bandar married Muneera bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Jaber Al Rasheed in 2014.

References

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