Philanthropy [ ] The Al Rajhi family is considered, by most in Saudi Arabia, as the country's wealthiest non-royals, and among the world's leading philanthropists | The university's main focus is on health and Islamic banking, but contains other faculties as well |
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7 billion fortune to charity | He established the Sulaiman Al Rajhi University in his hometown, a non profit university |
Biography [ ] Sulaiman Al Rajhi was born in Al , located in province in , and grew up in the desert where he and his brother Saleh began their business by charging money for taking camel across the desert to the cities of and | |
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The Al Rajhis helped them send their earnings home to places like Indonesia and Pakistan | The Al Rajhi family continues to be 's majority shareholders though Sulaiman and his brothers have diversified family investments into gypsum, agriculture, steel, and other industrial sectors |