The Saud family, founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, are worth over 4 trillions of dollars. Which make them, the wealthiest family in the world. According to Wikipedia, they are the largest Royal Family in the Middle East with a memeber of 15000 in strength. The Saud family is a descendant of Muhammad Bin Saud founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi State, (1727–1818), and his brothers, though the ruling faction of the family is primarily led by the descendants of Ibn Saud, the modern founder of Saudi Arabia. The family is so rich that they can buy countries. For example, the Saud family is wealthier than Africa, despite only having a single investment in South Africa, the Richest African country. The family itself is wealthier than the country they govern, the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia GDP is 1.27trillion dollars, while the whole family is worth over 4 trillion dollars. This is an estimate, as some of their wealth cannot be distinguished from a state owned asset.
How did they make this money? Below is the breakdown of their wealth. The most popular prince among them is Muhammad Bin Salman. Foundly called MBS, he is currently the head of government and one of the most powerful person’s in the Middle East. The family is so rich that they have every investment in any institution worth over 100billion dollars. That means the least institution, they invest on is worth over 100billion dollars, with the exception of sports
According to Financial Times, the Saud family owns a fraction of Walmart, which belongs to the so-called Richest family in the world. The own 51% shares of Walmart. An American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 19 other countries. The whole Walmart is worth $956.67bn. A staggering number that has declined compared to last year index.
Saudi Aramco is the biggest investment of the Saud family. According to Coin Market Cap, the company is worth 1.59 trillion dollars 2002. They were worth 2.6 trillion naira in 2023. Saudi Aramco is co owned by the United States government, Saudi Aramaco is the biggest oil company in the world. In 2029, they made $1bn per day. For 365 day, they made 365 billion dollars as revenue. The largest revenue in the history of revenue generating company. Aramco made $495bn in revenue in 2023, according to Coin Markets Ap. The oil giant trade with Russsia and America during Civid 19.
The Saud family has shares everywhere. In the first quarter of 2025, the family bought 50.2% bringing its total to 1.2 million shares.
In Apple, the Saud Royal Family bought an unknown amount of stock after the PIF sold their stake in Apple for $13.6bn. It is not known to the public, why the Saudi Public Investment Fund, PIF, sold their shares. However, multiple analysts confirmed that the stock sold to the company, was bought back, using an unknown vehicle. I could not track the vehicle used in buying the stock
The Saud family has a 51% worth of investment in Blackrock, however analysts have said that this investment can not be differentiated to the Public Investment Fund for the country. We cannot ascertain if the 51% investment is a state owned or for the family. Blackrock is an investment portfolio worth 10 trillion dollars, according to their website
The Saud Royal Family also has shares in XAl and other social media App, through their showman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud. On 5th of December, 2025. The family took over Warner Bros, through Netflix acquisition in an investment worth over 83billion dollars.
The Saud Royal family has taken over aports from Boxing to Basketball, to Football. For example, most of the celebrated voxing events in the last five years, has been in Riyadh. There is a lot of argument against this, but everyone bow to money.
Turki bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Sheikh is a Saudi government official, responsible for organising the biggest boxing events in Royadh,the day of Reckoning. has quietly, taken over sports.
According to Bloomberg, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund bought an 80% stake in the Premier League team from British businessman Mike Ashley in October 2021, paying around £305 million. The other 20% was originally split between London-based property developers Reuben Brothers and Staveley and her husband Mehrdad Ghodoussi on 29 july, 2024
According to All football App, Abdullah bin Musaid Al Saud, who founded a paper manufacturing company in 1989, before the Newcastle takeover and he bought 50 per cent of the club in 2013 before assuming full control in 2019. He is a memeber of tbe family, and the owner of sheffield United
The family, acquires 75% ownership of four Saudi football clubs: Al Hilal, Al Nasser, Al Ahli, and Al Ittihad.
The luxury items owned by Al saud Family include
Accotding to the Sun, Super rich, Sauid King Bin Salman owns what was once the world’s most expensive home in France
Among the biggest spenders is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who is popularbwith the media, among the 15000 members of the vast royal family.
He is known for his lavish spending and in recent years has bought a £400m yacht, a £230m French chateau and maybe even a £375m Leonardo da Vinci painting.
The Crown Prince also owns a vast holiday compound in the south of Spain protected by armed guards.
Arounf 2015, the prince stunned the world, when he splashed £230m on a stunning chateau in France, just west of Paris.
At the time, it was recorded as the world’s most expensive “house” sale.
It was bought anonymously, Two years later, reports emerged that the buyer was Bin Salman who fell in love with the 50,000 sq ft Château Louis XIV on a work trip.
The property boasts ten bedrooms, an indoor and outdoor pool, a library and an aquarium.
The 17th-century chateau also reportedly includes fountains, a sound system, lights, and air conditioning which can all be controlled by an iPhone.
The lavish property also has a wine cellar, a movie theater, and a moat with a transparent underwater chamber.
Prince Al Waleed is reported to have a fortune of $13.6billion. His extravagant lifestyle includes a custom Boeing 747, transformed into a flying palace with a gold-plated throne and concert hall. He also owns the Kingdom 5KR, a super yacht valued at $300 million. His Kingdom Palace in Riyadh, with 420 rooms, features priceless art and vintage cars.
Muhammad Bin Salman may have the power, but the lucxury of Prince Al waleed is bigger than the government. Prince Al waleed was arrested by Muahmmad Bin Salaman after he gave Elon Musk money to acquire a 20% stake in microblogging platform known as X, formerly called Twitter.
According to Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal sent the Brazillian super star his personal Boeing 747 to journey from Europe to the Middle East. When he made a move from PSG to Al Hilal, with his $175 million salary, which included insane perks like a palatial mansion,a private jet that w and a promised $635,000 per Instagram post to promote Saudi Arabia.
The flying palace, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal purchased a custom Airbus A380 dubbed the “Flying Palace,” a massive double-decker jet designed as the ultimate private aircraft with features like a concert hall, movie theater, Turkish bath (hamam), gym with jacuzzi, and even a garage for a Rolls-Royce, though reports from 2013 suggest the jet was sold before full completion, with its final destination and use remaining private, according to Forbes and CBC News.
The Saud Family isntbe welathiestbfamily, and will.continue to be the wealthiest family, according to available data. However, the 4 trillion dollars estimatikn might be too small for the family, jas their investment in Blackrock,which worth 10trillion dollars, os 51% stake