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ksa keeps shuffling their toys around. try to keep track of the little ball, it is under one of these shells. 2011 - bin talal gets 300m in https://www.wsj.c
by catchnear4321 3y ago
ksa keeps shuffling their toys around. try to keep track of the little ball, it is under one of these shells.
2011 - bin talal gets 300m in
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204791104577107733831343976 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204791104577107...
early 2022 - bin talal rejects musk’s offer.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-161050492.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-tal...
2022 - he’s back as help funding musk’s purchase. second biggest investor.
https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/who-is-prince-waleed-bin-talal-the-co-owner-of-twitter/ https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/who-is-prince-waleed-bin-t...
this guy sold twitter to himself. no, he isn’t sole owner, it is more complex than that, but bin talal helped fund a purchase that he rejected previously as one of the larger potential sellers.
and what about his links to power?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-released-from-luxury-hotel-associates-say/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal...
bin talal is himself just a very expensive pawn. maybe that’s unkind, but calling him a queen might get one killed. bottom line, he ain’t the boss. but he likes to play one on tv.