Personal Life
The first wife of Al Waleed was Dalal bint Saud, a daughter of King Saud. They have two children: Reem and Khalid. They later divorced. His daughter Reem is married to Abdulaziz bin Musaid whose half-brother Faisal bin Musaid was the assassin of King Faisal in 1975. He is currently married to Princess Ameera.
In 2010, Al Waleed was given the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Innovation. He received the Bahrain Medal of the First Order, the country’s highest honorary medal in late May 2012. He received a Nepalese Honorary Medal of the Third Order "Mahaujjval Rastradip Manpadvi", which is the highest medal for any foreigner, in August 2012.
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