Forbes has reduced state of the Saudi prince



and businessman Prince Al-Walid bin Talal gave to Forbes magazine libel suit: According to billionaire edition erred in assessing his wealth as much as $ 9, 6 billion. Alwaleed accused journalists in that they discriminate against dealers from Saudi Arabia. With their claims Prince applied to the High Court in London. This caused confusion in the Forbes: it is not clear what relationship the American edition has the London court, and vice versa. What exactly is seeking billionaire, is not specified, but journalists reported that change their point of view they do not intend to. Forbes claims to have arisen at the al-Walid in early March, after was published the next rating of the richest people in the world. It Saudi prince was on the 26th place with a fortune of $ 20 billion. Businessman immediately protested and said that its assets in the 1, 5 times more - about $ 29, 6 billion - and provide him a place in the top ten of the rich. In response to Forbes announced that the main asset of the Prince - the shares of the investment company Kingdom Holding, which is traded on the Saudi Stock Exchange - suspiciously expensive every year before the publication of the rankings. Journalists call it manipulation and reported that evaluated the capital of al-Walid by a different method.