Tarek bin Laden
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Tarek M. bin Laden,[1] (b. 1947) is the half-brother of Osama bin Laden, and a noted member of the Saudi-Arabia business community.
TBL was once called "the personification of the dichotomy (conservativism and change) of Saudi Arabia."[2] He once started a textile business with Kjell Bergqvist, intending to make use of some of the large state-owned textile mills in Egypt, and then sell the clothing in the West. "It didn't work out. The factories in Egypt produced for the Soviet Union and they were poorly designed," Bergqvist recalls.[3]
More interestingly, in the 1990s, TBL was general supervisor of the International Islamic Relief Organization.
[edit] Current affiliations
- Tarik Bin Ladin Trading & Contracting Est, Jeddah.
- Tarik Trading Company, Jeddah.
- Tarik Bin Ladin Tiles & Ceramic Showroom, Jeddah.
- Tarik Bin Ladin Hospital & Clinic, Jeddah.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Sometimes spelled Tarik bin Laden, bin Ladin, Binladin, etc.
- ^ Kenneth C. Crowe (May 26, 1976). The Dichotomy of Saudi Arabia.
- ^ David Bartal (September 15, 2001). suspicious future trading investigated. Dagens Industri.Retrieved from Google Cache, February 20 2007
