Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud

Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud (Arabic: محمد بن فيصل آل سعود, Moḥammed bin Fayṣal Āl Saʿūd; 1937 – 14 January 2017) was a Saudi prince and businessman.

Mohammed bin Faisal started his education at Al Madrasa An Numuthagiya (The Model School) which was opened by his parents in Taif in 1942.

[10] In 1963, he earned his bachelor of science degree in business administration at Menlo College in California.

[14] The same year, Prince Mohammed established the Red Sea Club in Jeddah which organized swimming competitions and art exhibitions.

During this period, he financially supported a study about the feasibility of bringing Antarctic icebergs to Mecca.

[22] Prince Mohammed was the founder of the Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt that was established in Cairo in 1977.

[32] Through his Turkish associate Ahmet Gürkan, who would be a deputy of the Justice and Development Party, Prince Mohammed held private meetings with the military President Kenan Evren, other generals who were part of the military council and Prime Minister Bülend Ulusu to establish a branch of the bank in Turkey.

[33] Salih Özcan, a member of the Muslim World League and a politician from the National Salvation Party, and Tevfik Paksu were also instrumental in the establishment of the bank in Turkey.

[1] Mohammed bin Faisal established Al Manarat International Schools which have branches in Saudi Arabia and in other countries.

[42][43] In 2009, further evidence was gathered by the families, and a Washington DC–based lawyer, Michael Kellogg, represented Prince Mohammed in the lawsuit.

[49] He was among the 500 influential Muslims list developed by Georgetown University's center for Muslim-Christian understanding in 2009.

[51] On 14 January 2017, Prince Mohammed died, and it was announced that the funeral prayers would be performed at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

King Faisal , father of Mohammed