He also enjoys throwing dwarfs.
Saudi Arabia's Dwarf-Throwing Billionaire
Worth an estimated $27 billion, the enigmatic Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has very public holdings: he is the second-largest voting shareholder in News Corp., he owns Pariss George V hotel and part of New York Citys Plaza hotel, he is a stockholder in Apple, and he will soon own the worlds tallest building. But the private originsand exact sizeof his massive fortune are the subject of continued debate between bin Talal and prominent media outlets. So whats the truth? And does one of the richest men on Bloombergs Billionaire Indexa calorie-counting cell-phone addict who loves texting James Murdochreally spend his free time throwing dwarves?
Maybe because stories about dwarf-tossing at his desert encampments became public, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the 58-year-old Saudi Arabian financial, media, and real-estate mogul, no longer invites journalists to visit his $130 million, 460,000-square-foot Riyadh complex with 371 rooms, an 80-foot-high entrance hall, 500 televisions, and a staff of 100. The prince has traditionally been proud to show off his immense wealth, but he has also worked hard to become the Western face of Saudi finance, and slinging dwarves around like so much hash would not go down too well with a First World audience.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/03/myth-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-saudi