He was a Saudi billionaire known internationally as one of the largest arms dealers of the 1970s and 1980s.
He was born in 1935 in Mecca to Turkish parents. His father was the personal doctor of the King of Saudi Arabia.
He studied at Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt and at universities in America.
He started his business career in the late 1950s when Saudi Arabia became interested in armaments programs. He was the mediator of the country and the defense industries.
In his career, he collaborated with companies producing weapons and warplanes.
In 1987, he was involved in illegal arms sales to Iran.
In general, he was involved in major scandals internationally.
With his first wife, he had 5 children. With the second he had 1 and with the third he had 2.
In his last years he was confined to a wheelchair due to health problems. He died in 2017.
[Source: el.wikipedia.org]
