Who is Alwaleed bin Talal, the absurdly rich Saudi prince just released from a mysterious imprisonment

Last November, the young Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the arrest of hundreds of Saudi Arabia's elite, including cabinet ministers and nearly a dozen blood relatives — princes like himself. Among the most prominent of those arrested was the crown prince's cousin, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal — a globetrotting billionaire once rumored to have designs on the throne. While […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/11/05/who-is-alwaleed-bin-talal-the-absurdly-rich-prince-at-the-center-of-the-saudi-corruption-purge/