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Saudi investor and princeBusiness1955–

Alwaleed bin Talal

Saudi prince and founder of Kingdom Holding, Alwaleed invested in Citigroup, Twitter, Four Seasons and News Corp and advocated economic opening and women's employment in the kingdom. He was detained in 2017 in Mohammed bin Salman's anti-corruption campaign.

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Closest Spectrum
Right
Closest Ideology
Islamic Democracy
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Carlos Menem
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1955–
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How to interpret catalog profiles

Political Axes

Profile across the 12 axes

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  • Distribution of power

    Strong · Unitary
    Federal28%
    Unitary72%
  • Representation

    Leaning · Democracy
    Democracy59%
    Autocracy41%
  • Civil liberties

    Leaning · Security
    Security65%
    Liberty35%
  • Cultural integration

    Leaning · Multicultural
    Assimilation37.4%
    Multicultural62.6%
  • Conflict resolution

    Leaning · Negotiation
    Military force36%
    Negotiation64%
  • Foreign involvement

    Near midpoint
    Non-Intervention55.3%
    Interventionist44.7%
  • Ownership

    Strong · Private
    Public28%
    Private72%
  • Economic coordination

    Leaning · Markets
    State direction30.1%
    Markets69.9%
  • International trade

    Strong · Free trade
    Protectionism16%
    Free trade84%
  • Religion & state

    Strong · Religious
    Secular23.4%
    Religious76.6%
  • Social norms

    Strong · Traditionalist
    Progressive27.7%
    Traditionalist72.3%
  • Technology & precaution

    Leaning · Acceleration
    Acceleration66.5%
    Ecologist33.5%

What distinguishes Alwaleed bin Talal

Largest median distance

International trade

This position is 35.4 points from the median of the 449 figure profiles in this collection.

Catalog median 51% ProtectionismAlwaleed bin Talal 16% Protectionism

This is the largest distance from this collection’s median across the twelve axes. The collection is not a survey of public opinion.

Closest to catalog median

Representation

This position is 1.5 points from this collection’s median.

Catalog median 58% DemocracyAlwaleed bin Talal 59% Democracy

This is the smallest median distance across the twelve axes; it does not establish a historical or political consensus.