Early Life and Education
Al Waleed bin Talal was born on 7 March 1955. His parents are Prince Talal and Mona Al Solh, daughter of Riad Al Solh, Lebanon's first Prime Minister after its independence. Al Waleed is Prince Talal's second son. Therefore, Al Waleed is the grandson of Saudi Arabia's founder Ibn Saud.
Al Waleed received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Menlo College in California in 1979. He then received a Master's degree in Social Science with honors from Syracuse University in 1985.
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