Biography [ ] Sulaiman Al Rajhi was born in Al , located in province in , and grew up in the desert where he and his brother Saleh began their business by charging money for taking camel across the desert to the cities of and | Philanthropy [ ] The Al Rajhi family is considered, by most in Saudi Arabia, as the country's wealthiest non-royals, and among the world's leading philanthropists |
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The Al Rajhi family continues to be 's majority shareholders though Sulaiman and his brothers have diversified family investments into gypsum, agriculture, steel, and other industrial sectors | 7 billion fortune to charity |
He established the Sulaiman Al Rajhi University in his hometown, a non profit university.
22His higher educational degree was elementary degree | The Al Rajhis helped them send their earnings home to places like Indonesia and Pakistan |
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A co-founder of the , with the older brother, , he is currently the chairman of what is nationally recognized as the 's most venerable institution |
The university's main focus is on health and Islamic banking, but contains other faculties as well.