Saudi Binladin group offices, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) is a construction conglomerate and holding company for the assets owned by the bin Laden family, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2948x1956, 2061 KB) Summary Bin Ladin building. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2948x1956, 2061 KB) Summary Bin Ladin building. ... Coordinates: , Emirate Dubai Government  - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1]  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ... Conglomerate is the term used to describe a large company which consists of divisions of often seemingly unrelated businesses. ... A holding company is a company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies outstanding stock. ... Office building of the bin Laden family The bin Laden family (Arabic: ), also spelled bin Ladin, is an immensely wealthy family intimately connected with the innermost circles of the Saudi royal family. ... This article is about the Saudi Arabian city. ...

Overview

The SBG was founded in 1950 by the family patriarch, Sheikh Mohammed bin Laden, whose relationship with the country's founder, Abdel Aziz al Saud, led to important government contracts such as refurbishing the shrines at Mecca and Medina. Shaikh Mohammed Awad bin Laden (محمد بن لادن), also known as Mohammed bin Laden (1908—September 3, 1967), a Yemeni immigrant to Saudi Arabia was a wealthy investor, businessman and patriarch of the bin Laden family. ... `Abd al-`Azīz Āl Sa`ūd (?, 1876 – November 9, 1953) (Arabic: عبدالعزيز آل سعود) was the first monarch of Saudi Arabia. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

After the death of Sheikh Mohammed in 1968, the group was headed by Mohammed Bahareth, brother of Mohammed's first wife and uncle of his oldest children. In 1972, Sheikh Salem bin Laden, the eldest son, took over as his father's successor, with the assistance of several brothers. Upon Salem's death in a plane crash in 1988, the leadership of the group passed to his eldest son, Bakr, the current chairman, along with thirteen other brothers who make up the board of the bin Laden group, the most important of these being Hassan, Yeslam and Yehia. By 2002, the company had 35,000 employees worldwide, and was worth $5 billion.^[1] Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... Salem M. bin Laden (1946 - May 29, 1988) was a Saudi Arabian investor. ... Bakr bin Laden is the chairman of the Jeddah-based Saudi Binladin Group, and a half-brother of FBI Most Wanted Terrorist Osama Bin Laden. ... Yeslam bin Ladin (exact name in Saudi Arabia Binladin and in US Ben Laden) (October 19, 1950 : 56 years old) (Arabic: ‎) is the half-brother of Al-Qaeda terrorist group leader Osama bin Laden. ...

Current activities

The bin Laden group is represented in most Saudi cities – Riyadh, Damman – and in a number of capital cities in the region (Beirut, Cairo, Amman, Dubai). According to a recent synopsis by PBS Frontline:^[2] Riyadh (Arabic: ‎ ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Ar Riyad Province in the Najd region. ... Dammam (Also Damman or Ad Dammām) is the capital of the Ash Sharqiyah province in Saudi Arabia. ... For other uses, see Beirut (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: Government  - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area  - City 214 km²  (82. ... For other meanings, see Amman (disambiguation) and Ammann. ... Coordinates: , Emirate Dubai Government  - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1]  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ...

• in Egypt the SBG is headed by Abdul Aziz bin Laden, and represents that country's largest foreign-owned private equity group, with over 40,000 employees. Currently negotiating a $400 million contract for construction of a paper plant, together with the Shobokshi Group of Saudi Arabia.

• in Lebanon the SBG, represented by Yehia bin Laden, has been (before the July War) holding negotations with the local authorities for a $50 million share in the project to rebuild the Beirut Central District within the framework of the Solidere Project and in conjunction with the al Baraka Group and the bin Mahfouz Group.

Internationally the Group's operations are handled by the Geneva, Switzerland-based Saudi Investment Company (SICO), headed by Yeslam bin Ladin. The group also set up a representative firm in London, Binexport, in November 1990. Combatants Hezbollah Amal[1] LCP[2] PFLP-GC[3]  Israel  Lebanon Commanders Hassan Nasrallah Imad Mughniyeh[4] Dan Halutz Moshe Kaplinsky[11] Udi Adam Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[5] Up to 10,000 ground troops. ... Statue in Martyr’s Square The Beirut Central District (BCD) is the name given Beirut’s historical and geographical core, the “vibrant financial, commercial, and administrative hub of the country. ... SOLIDERE s. ... Dallah Al-Baraka (Arabic:دله البركة), is a Saudi Conglomerate founded and owned by Sheikh Saleh Abdullah Kamel. ... Khalid bin Mahfouz (Arabic: خالد بن محفوظ; born 1949) is a wealthy Saudi Arabian businessman accused of supporting al-Qaeda. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra //, Romansh: Genevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... The Saudi Investment Company (SICO), headquartered Geneva, Switzerland and founded on May 19, 1980, represents the worldwide interests of the Saudi Binladin Group. ... Yeslam bin Ladin (exact name in Saudi Arabia Binladin and in US Ben Laden) (October 19, 1950 : 56 years old) (Arabic: ‎) is the half-brother of Al-Qaeda terrorist group leader Osama bin Laden. ...

On December 20, 2005, the government of Saudi Arabia awarded a consortium of Saudi and Emirati companies, including the Saudi Binladin Group, a $26.6 billion contract to build King Abdullah Economic City.^[3] December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... King Abdullah Economic City (Arabic: ‎) is a multi-billion economic project revealed in 2005 in Saudi Arabia. ...

Website

Although it had distanced itself from their relative and former company employee Usama, the Saudi Binladin Group's corporate website, ^[4][5] expired on September 11, 2001, the same day as the attacks in the United States.^[6] A new website within the .sa top-level domain appeared later. Osama bin Laden Usāmah bin Muhammad bin `Awad bin Lādin (born March 10, 1957 or July 30, 1957) (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عود بن لادن), commonly known as Osama bin... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... .sa is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) of Saudi Arabia. ... A top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any domain name. ...

References

External links

• Saudi Binladin Group website - splash page only. Note use of two spellings.
• It's Business As Usual For The Bin Laden Group
• Bin Laden Group at Sourcewatch