Salem bin Laden

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Salem bin Laden
Born 1946 (1946)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Died 1988 (1989) (aged 42)
San Antonio, Texas
United States
Residence Jeddah
Nationality Saudi Arabian
Occupation Chairman of Saudi Binladin Group
Spouse(s) Carolina Carey
Parents Mohammed bin Laden

Salem bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: سالم م. بن لادن‎) (1946–May 29, 1988) was a Saudi Arabian investor and businessman.

Life

Considered the eldest son of Mohammed bin Laden, the founder of Saudi Binladin Group and a half-brother and cousin of Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden was educated at Millfield and acted as the patriarch of the bin Laden family after the 1967 death of his father. Salem managed the family's extensive investment portfolio (thought to be valued at around $16 billion) and was in charge of family income distribution. He also oversaw the individual education plans for each of his (half-) brothers and (half-) sisters. Just like his father, he highly valued close relationship of the bin Ladens with the Saudi royal family. He provided means and support to the family during the Mecca uprising of 1979.[1]

He owned a house in Orlando, Florida and often used it for vacation stays.[2]

Death

Salem bin Laden died on May 29, 1988 when he accidentally drifted into high voltage electrical power lines adjacent to the Kitty Hawk Field of Dreams Ultra-Lite Flying Field at the edge of Schertz, a northeastern San Antonio suburb. The Sprint ultralight aircraft he was flying fell 115 feet to the ground after the wire strike. Salem, who was not wearing a safety helmet, died of head injuries from the resulting fall. The National Transportation Safety Board did not conduct an accident investigation since the aircraft was an ultralight aircraft, which was not covered under their mandate due to exemption while operating under FAR Part 103 Provisions required by Federal law. The Schertz Police, who attended to the incident, stated in the report that Salem died in a freak accident.

This was the second plane crash-related death in the Bin Laden family, as Salem's father Mohammed bin Laden was also killed in a plane crash in 1967.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Coll, Steve (2008). The Bin Ladens: an Arabian family in the American century. United States: Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1-59420-164-6. Retrieved 2010-09-14. 
  2. ↑ Bergen, Peter, "Holy War, Inc.", 2001
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