Sheikh Sulaiman bin Abdul- Aziz Al- Rajh

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Sheikh Sulaiman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Rajhi (born 1920) is a Saudi Arabian business leaders and billionaires. He is not a descendant of the Arab kingdom, Sulaiman Al-Rajhi family is born as a true merchant. He along with his brother Saleh living in the desert Nejd. He became a shareholder of Al-Rajhi family-owned bank, the business group of the most active banks in the area of ​​Saudi Arabia and most profitable.

He is the founder of Al-Rajhi bank, wealth is estimated at $ 7.7 million in 2011. Al Rajhi itself is known to have high social activity, and the course is the organization SAAR Foundation as a donation at the Kingdom raiser. Not the nobility, she became poor after giving all the shares and assets to his son and the rest is donated.

Its business is built and driven by Al Rajhi brothers. He and his brother, Saleh became founder and co-founder. They move in line Business growth migrant workers. How, through the banking business, they try to help migrant workers send money to their home countries such as Indonesia and Pakistan. In 1983, they apply for a permit to build the first Islamic bank in Saudi Arabia.

Education is the highest primary school but capable of holding major shares of Al Rajhi Bank. He and Saleh family start other businesses such as gypsum, agriculture, steel, and others. The Al Rajhi Bank has a value of $ 6.75 million. Headquartered in Riyadh, and has six other offices in some areas. She started in 1957 centered on the business of banking and trading.

Al Rajhi shares distributed to his children (Saleh, Sulaiman Abdullah, and Mohammed) and then progresses to the next offspring. They owned bank is the largest bank in the Arab world with the value of the original investment of SR750 million or 100%, increased significantly to SR1.5 billion, SR2.25 billion. Pertumbuhanya continue uncontrolled be SR4.5 billion (March 2005) and then became SR6.75 billion (March 2006) and finally to SR13.50 billion (March 2007).

In 2006 after 50 years of work, Al-Rajhi Bank which started in Saudi Arabia expand to Malaysia, the first step into an international bank. Following this banking model as a basis for developments deepest Islamic banks, particularly in Malaysia, Asia in general. Al-Rajhi Bank tried to penetrate the boundaries of modern bank into its own version.

Further expansion involving the opening of another branch abroad. In 2010, the business expanded into Kuwait building a bank that separates between banks for men and women. Following him in 2011, Al-Rajhi Bank to build its business in Jordan.

In an interview, Sulaiman Al Rajhi explained not easy to develop Islamic banking. Nearly 30 years, he tried to connect the Arab Islamic and Christian also in the West in an economic principle. He tries to convince other banks regarding its business principles. This story not only trust his bid to reach the wealth. He tried very hard and full business vision to start from zero.

Al Rajhi is still active, although no longer take care of business. He runs the organization SAAR Foundation of the morning prayer until the time of worship Isha. He was traveling around the kingdom in various regions, always follow the schedule. She kept a little diary dikantungnya contain daily schedules and always follow it as a guide. His attempt to stabilize the bank Al-Rajhi, the largest Islamic bank in Saudi Arabia, so form against any attempt is made memorable by the people's poverty.

He then was awarded by the Kingdom, the King Faisal International Prize for all his hard work. According to Forbes, Sulaiman Al-Rajhi is the terkayan number 120 in the world, and has a total wealth of $ .7,7 billion range. However, even so the richest man, he chose to live in poverty. Unique. When the rich want to get richer, man 92 this year makes it backwards ..

He is known for quixotic. Always follow the teachings of Islam share. Sulaiman Al Rajhi and then delegate the entire wealth to his children. Until now, Al Rajhi had no cash, all shares of the company have be distributed. Left in him just everyday clothing. Just like a regular old man, he wants to be close to their children, there is no earthly ..

He believes in this way he would tie her daughter fraternity son. It is unclear as to what family, or how much his wife, but he is said to have 32 children.