Kingdom Holding Company

Kingdom Holding Company
Native name
شركة المملكة القابضة
TypeJoint-stock company
Tadawul: 4280
ISINSA31RG522S19 Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1980 (1980)
Headquarters,
Saudi Arabia
Key people
Revenue1,759,917,000 Saudi riyal (2019) Edit this on Wikidata
2,498,508,000 Saudi riyal (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
988,243,000 Saudi riyal (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
AUMUS$ 13.6 billion (2022)[1]
Total assets54,098,335,000 Saudi riyal (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Owner
Websitewww.kingdom.com.sa

The Kingdom Holding Company (KHC; Arabic: شركة المملكة القابضة‎) is a Saudi holding company, based in Riyadh and listed on the Saudi stock exchange.

KHC's founder and current chairman is Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal,[2] while Engineer Talal Ibrahim Al Maimand serves as chief executive officer.[3]

Investments

The company's investments are spread in financial services, real estate, tourism and hospitality, media, entertainment, petrochemicals, aviation and technology.

Current investments include:[4]

KHC had previously invested in 21st Century Fox (US / 6% minority stake, sold in 2017); 360buy (China / now publicly traded as JD.com); Amazon (US); AOL / Time Warner (US); Apple (US); Canary Wharf (UK); Euro Disney S.A.S. (France / now owned by The Walt Disney Company on an 87.15%;[7] Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts (Switzerland / 33% minority stake, sold in 2018 to Accor[8]); X Corp. (US / minority stake, now owned by xAI);[9][10][11] and in many others.

Other endeavors

The company hired the first Saudi female commercial pilot, Captain Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi, who trained at the Mideast Aviation Academy in Jordan.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) - Top 100 Listed Companies In The Middle East 2022- Forbes Lists". Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Saudi Arabia is giving itself an extreme makeover with 'giga-projects.' Will it work?". Los Angeles Times. 12 January 2023. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  3. ↑ East, Forbes Middle. "Talal Ibrahim Al Maiman: Looking Ahead". Forbes ME. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Saudi Kingdom Holding Company". Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Kingdom Holding". kingdom.com.sa. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Buys $400 Million Stake in xAI". Asharq al-Awsat. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Salon Mickey Blog". Salon Mickey Blog. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "AccorHotels completes acquisition of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts". group.accor.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Saudis 'second largest investors' in Twitter after Musk takeover". Al Jazeera. 28 October 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  10. ↑ Wagdy, Lilian (28 October 2022). "Saudi's Kingdom Holding company to maintain Twitter stake". Reuters. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  11. ↑ O'Flaherty, Kate. "Elon Musk's xAI Buys X — Here's What That Means For You". Forbes. Archived from the original on 5 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "First Saudi Female Pilot Lands Job With Kingdom Holding", M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News, 24 November 2004, retrieved 9 October 2009 Archived 27 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine