Ranked as “the most influential Arab in the world”, Al-Waleed has at various times held investments in News Corp, AOL, Apple Inc., Motorola, Fox News, Eastman Kodak, TWA, Twitter, The Savoy, the Four Seasons hotel chain and Euro Disney SCA. Not afraid to back his beliefs financially, the “Buffett of Arabia” gave £18.5 million to the families of Palestinian “martyrs” in 2002 and sent a cheque for $10 million to New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani after the 9/11 attacks. In exchange he requested “a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause”. The cheque was returned. When Forbes magazine listed him as being worth £13 billion in March 2013 he was irate at the use of “incorrect data” that “seemed designed to disadvantage Middle Eastern investors”. Al-Waleed, whom rival publication Bloomberg list as being worth £18.5 billion, indignantly told Steve Forbes to remove him from his list and announced through his office that would he would “sever ties” with it. Surely, this dispute could be easily solved as, after all, what’s a billion or two between friends?
The Roll Call - DYNASTIES AND GRANDEES
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Douglas Durst
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Brooke Barzun
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Nadja Swarovski-Adams (AKA “Nadja Swarovski”)
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Stavros Niarchos III
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HRH Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark
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The Marchioness of Bath
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His Excellency Nunzio Alfredo D’Angieri and sons Stefan and Teava
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Jules Bianchi (1989 – 2015)
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His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (حمدان بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, AKA “Fazza” or “فزاع)
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Lisa du Pont Moseley (also known as Lisa Dean Chandor MacGuigan Moseley, born Lisa Dean)
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Lord Mostyn
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His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud
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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
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The Rt. Hon. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma CBE, MSC, CD, JP, DL (also known as Lady Brabourne)
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Paul Arrouet and Dylan Lauren
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India Rose James
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Galen and Hilary Weston
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Robert Durst
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The Countess of Carnarvon (née Fiona Aitken)
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Rafael de Medina y Abascal, 20th Duke of Feria
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Patricia Campbell Hearst-Shaw (better known as Patty Hearst)
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Alejandro Santo Domingo Dávila
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Rose van Cutsem (née Rose Astor)
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Edward Cavendish (full name “Edward William Henry Delmar Cavendish”)
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Delphine Arnault
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Margaretta Large Fitler Murphy Rockefeller (known as “Happy Rockefeller”, née Margaretta Large Fitler)
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Her Grace Deborah Cavendish, The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire DCVO (1920 – 2014; née The Hon. Deborah Freeman-Mitford)
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Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
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His Royal Highness The Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine (born Franz Prinz von Bayern)
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Lady Wolfson
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His Highness Sheikh Shakhboot Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan
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Bobby and Ivey Leidy (AKA Mr and Mrs Robert Leidy, Jr.)
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Charles Cadogan, The Rt. Hon. the 8th Earl Cadogan, KBE, DL
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Pear Pimpisa Chirathivat (แพร พิมพิศา จิราธิวัฒน์)
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Arkadiy Abramovich (Аркадий Романович Абрамович)
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Matthew Winthrop Barzun
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Jean-Christophe, His Imperial Highness the Prince Napoléon
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Lauren Bush Lauren (nickname: “LBL”)
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Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal
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Elizabeth II, Queen of the Commonwealth realms
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The Hon. Imogen Lloyd Webber
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Charles Morgan
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Vicomte Arthur de Soultrait
