This 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”.

The Roll Call - INNOVATORS

1

Pete Cashmore (AKA ‘The Sage of Media’)

2

Sara Little (née Sara Finkelstein, AKA “Tiny Little”, “Corporate America’s Secret Weapon”,1917-2015)

3

Blake Mycoskie

4

Justin Weiss

5

Andy Dunn

6

Ena Baxter (AKA “The Queen of Soup”, 1925 – 2015)

7

George Frost

8

Yasser Khattak

9

Hilary Newsom Callan

10

Hart Main

11

Russ Weiner

12

Doreen Lofthouse OBE MBE (AKA “Mrs Fisherman’s Friend”)

13

Baroness Greenfield CBE

14

Carter Cleveland

15

Marissa Mayer

16

Brian Chesky

17

Dr William Shockley (1910 – 1989)

18

Evan Spiegel

19

Carlo Mondavi

20

Prince Fahad bin Faisal Al Saud

21

Percy Shaw OBE (1890 – 1976)

22

Laurence Benson

23

Sara Blakely

24

Dr Alexander Moulton CBE (1920 – 2012)

25

Joanne Moore

26

Prince Lorenzo Borghese

27

Henrik Fisker

28

Nicko Williamson

29

Edward Rigg