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I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
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Al-Waleed bin Talal
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 7
Businessman
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Downey
California
Alwaleed Bin Talal
Al-Waleed Bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud
Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal
HRH Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud
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