Saleh Abdullah Camel

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Saleh Abdullah Camel ( Arabic صالح عبد الله كامل, DMG Ṣāliḥ ʿAbd Allāh Kāmil ; * 1941 in Jeddah ; † May 18, 2020 ibid) was a Saudi Arabian entrepreneur .

Life

Kamel studied economics and founded the Saudi Arabian company Dallah Al-Baraka . He was chairman of the Islamic Development Bank . He owned, among other things, the tourist resort Durrat Al-Arus , north of Jeddah on the Red Sea and the media company Arab Radio and Television Network (ART). According to US Forbes magazine , Kamel was one of the richest Saudi Arabians. Kamel was married.

He was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Aal-al -Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan .

After King Salman ibn Abd al-Aziz founded an anti-corruption commission under the leadership of his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , it arrested eleven princes, four ministers, many ex-ministers and business people, including al-Walid ibn Talal and Saleh Abdullah Kamel.

Individual evidence

  1. Obituary
  2. Forbes Magazine: Saleh Abdullah Kamel
  3. aalalbayt.org
  4. David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times: Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Including Billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal