Bakr bin Laden
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Bakr bin Laden, brother of Osama bin Laden
, is the chairman of the Jeddah
-based Saudi Binladin Group and the largest majority shareholder in the Group, with a 23.58% holding.
A major power broker in the Saudi
business capital, Bakr tends to keep a low profile: "We have a mayor and all kinds of political heavyweights. But the true ruler of Jeddah is Bakr bin Laden," said a source for an article in the German magazine Der Spiegel
. "Bakr is never seen in public, and when he does occasionally go to the InterContinental
for dinner -- sometimes with Osama's son Abdullah
-- he has the entire restaurant closed."
Bakr bin Laden attended college at the University of Miami
in Coral Gables, Florida
, United States
in 1979.
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
, is the chairman of the Jeddah
Jeddah
Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...
-based Saudi Binladin Group and the largest majority shareholder in the Group, with a 23.58% holding.
A major power broker in the Saudi
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
business capital, Bakr tends to keep a low profile: "We have a mayor and all kinds of political heavyweights. But the true ruler of Jeddah is Bakr bin Laden," said a source for an article in the German magazine Der Spiegel
Der Spiegel
Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:...
. "Bakr is never seen in public, and when he does occasionally go to the InterContinental
InterContinental
InterContinental is a brand of upscale luxury hotels, founded by Pan American World Airways, under Juan Trippe, and now owned by InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 200 hotels and resorts in approximately 75 nations.-History:...
for dinner -- sometimes with Osama's son Abdullah
Abdallah Osama bin Laden
Abdallah bin Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden is the son of Osama bin Laden and Osama's first wife Najwa Ghanem. He is not to be confused with Osama bin Laden's half-brother Abdullah bin Laden or the older Sheikh Abdullah bin Laden, who died in 2002 at age 75.-World Assembly of Muslim...
-- he has the entire restaurant closed."
Bakr bin Laden attended college at the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
in Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, southwest of Downtown Miami, in the United States. The city is home to the University of Miami....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1979.