Yeslam bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Ladin (Arabic: يسلم بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن‎; born October 19, 1950) better known as Yeslam bin Laden, also written Yeslam Binladin, as he prefers to spell it^[1][2], is a Saudi businessman and the half-brother of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Arabic redirects here. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ...

Family Background and early life

Yeslam bin Ladin is a Saudi national of Persian and Yemeni heritage (through his mother and father, respectively). He has 54 half brothers and half sisters, including 2 younger brothers (Ibrahim and Khalil) and a younger sister (Fawzia) by the same mother as him, Rabab Haguigui. They live in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His father Mohammed bin Laden died when he was 17 years old. The Persians of Iran (officially named Persia by West until 1935 while still referred to as Persia by some) are an Iranian people who speak Persian (locally named Fârsi by native speakers) and often refer to themselves as ethnic Iranians as well. ... , Nickname: Location of Jeddah Coordinates: , Country Province Established 500+ BC Joint Saudi Arabia 1925 Government  - Mayor Adil Faqeeh  - City Governor Mishal Al-Saud  - Provincial Governor Khalid al Faisal Area  - Urban 1,320 km² (509. ... 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. ...

He has lived in Switzerland since the mid-1980s, and became a Swiss citizen in April 2001. He speaks Arabic, English, French and Persian. He is a Sunni Muslim and is said to live a mainly Western lifestyle. An ex-girlfriend of his, Catherine Berclaz (40 years old), is a Swiss interior decorator who wrote a book on their relationship, Yeslam, My Love: In the Heart of the Bin Laden Family. His last girlfriend, from 2002, is Hélène Zufferey an ex-model (1974, 34 years old), from a Swiss father and an Italian mother (Bergamo in Lombardy and Vercelli in Piedmont, Northern Italy). From 2006 she was a trainee lawyer (attorney-at-law) in Geneva. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Swiss passport 1956 Swiss passports are issued to citizens of Switzerland to facilitate international travel. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Arabic redirects here. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Farsi redirects here. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Look up West in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

He divorced his wife Carmen bin Ladin in January 2006, after 15 years of separation. Carmen bin Laden wrote an autobiography, Inside the Kingdom (ISBN 0-446-69488-6), which was a New York Times Bestseller, recounting her life in the Bin Laden family and how she managed to keep her daughters in her custody. He has three daughters, Wafah Dufour (32 years old), Najia (30 years old), and Noor (20 years old), and has reportedly not spoken to them for more than 15 years because of their western customs. Wafah (Dufour) Binladin earned a law degree from Geneva University and a masters degree from Colombia Law School in New-York. In 2006 she appeared undressed in a mens magazine GQ. Carmen bin Ladin, born Carmen Dufour, in Geneva, Switzerland, is a member of the bin Laden family. ... For other uses, see January (disambiguation). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Office building of the bin Laden family The dustbin Laden family (Arabic: ), also spelled dustbin Ladin, is a rather wealthy family intimately connected with the innermost circles of the Saudi royal family. ... Wafah Dufour (born Wafah bin Yeslam bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Ladin (Arabic: ‎) on May 23, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American model and aspiring singer-songwriter. ...

After attending high school in Beirut, Lebanon, Bin Ladin studied economics at Göteborg University,Sweden, and business administration at UCLA. On February 25, 2005, he was granted permission by the Swiss government to use the name bin Ladin to brand products for his business including a perfume for men and women dubbed "Yeslam" and a second one for women "Passion", handbags, accessories and watches under the name "Yeslam". Shops opened in Geneva (1), in Jeddah (2), in Riyadh (1), in Mecca, in Damman (1) (Saudi Arabia) and in Kuala Lumpur (Malaisia). He engaged Creators and chose the creations but he is not Designer. He has a pilot's license like his father and owns a Learjet. This article is about the Lebanese city. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... Gothenburg University, or Göteborgs universitet, is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Swiss Federal Council (German: , French: , Italian: , Romansh: ) is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the government as well as the head of state of Switzerland. ... 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). ... , Nickname: Location of Jeddah Coordinates: , Country Province Established 500+ BC Joint Saudi Arabia 1925 Government  - Mayor Adil Faqeeh  - City Governor Mishal Al-Saud  - Provincial Governor Khalid al Faisal Area  - Urban 1,320 km² (509. ... Riyadh (Arabic: ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. ... This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... Dammam (Also Damman or Ad Dammām) is the capital of the Ash Sharqiyah province in Saudi Arabia. ... Learjet is a manufacturer of business jets for civilian and military use. ...

Current activities

Since 1980 Yeslam has been chairman of the Geneva, Switzerland-based Saudi Investment Company (SICO), which represents his family's Saudi Binladin Group's international financial interests.^[3]. His fortune was estimated to have peaked at 300 million Swiss Francs, but is now thought to be below 100 million.^[4]. 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. ... Saudi Binladin group offices, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... ISO 4217 Code CHF User(s) Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Campione dItalia Inflation 1. ...

He has been a partner of Pakistani businessman Akberali Moawalla.^[5] There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

References

Further reading

• Bin Ladin, Carmen. Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia, Warner Books: New York.

External links

• http://www.yeslam.ch (The World of Yeslam, with photo in Magazine)
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5403841 (Yeslam Interview with photo)
• http://www.wafahdufour.net (Wafah Ben Laden personal website, his Daughter)