Al Waleed, Hardcover Book, By: Riz Khan

From Publishers Weekly Though Prince Alwaleed bin Talal came to public attention in the U. S. when Rudy Giuliani rejected his $10 million donation to the Twin Towers fund, Alwaleed's real significance is as a global financial powerbroker. The Saudi royal is the biggest single foreign investor in the U. S. economy and the world's fourth-richest man, with assets totaling more than $21 billion. His significant holdings in U. S. companies include Citigroup (which he bailed out with $590 million in the early '90s), Apple and News Corp. , the corporate entity responsible for this "authorized biography. " Khan, who has interviewed high-profile figures for CNN International, tags along with Alwaleed and his entourage as they conduct business in Riyadh and Paris, holiday in Cannes and trek into the Saudi desert for a weekend getaway.