Prince Fahad bin Faisal Al SaudThis grandson of the brother of the Saudi Arabian ruler was the Head of User Operations for Facebook Arab until August 2011 and once stated: “Facebook is the reason I’m not going for an MBA right now. Facebook was my MBA. Facebook was my PhD. [Working at Facebook] was the most educational opportunity I ever could have asked for. It was amazing to be working on a project that could change people’s lives”. A resident of Los Angeles, bin Faisal Al Saud has helped found several other technology startups since including Na3M Games and Appiphany and in an interview said that one day he “hopes he can have a penthouse on Mars”.

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