Entrepreneur
Alwaleed bin Talal
Saudi prince and founder of Kingdom Holding, Alwaleed invested in Citigroup, Twitter, Four Seasons and News Corp and advocated economic opening and women's employment in the kingdom. He was detained in 2017 in Mohammed bin Salman's anti-corruption campaign.

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Saudi investor and prince · 1955–
Profile is a model built from 240 answers simulated in character; not a statement by the person.
Compare your own views01 / The profile
Twelve axes, one perspective
02 / What stands out
Three distinctive positions
45.7pt
Trade
16% Protectionism, compared with the ideology catalog’s 61.7% median.
How open should the economy be to international exchange?
34.8pt
Religion
23.4% Irreligious, compared with the ideology catalog’s 58.2% median.
What place should religion have in individual and public life?
32.4pt
Control
30.1% Planning, compared with the ideology catalog’s 62.5% median.
How should economic activity be coordinated?
The profile in detail
Government and accountability. Structure: 28% Federal, 72% Unitary (Leaning Unitary); Representation: 59% Democracy, 41% Autocracy (Leaning Democracy). This combination separates where authority is located from how leaders are selected and constrained. It preserves those two choices even when a broad political label does not distinguish them. On Representation, the 877-profile catalog median is 57.5% Democracy; Alwaleed bin Talal sits 1.5 points above it. 124 reference profiles share this band.
Civil power and culture. Power: 65% Security, 35% Liberty (Leaning Security); Immigration: 37.4% Assimilation, 62.6% Multiculturalism (Leaning Multiculturalism). The first contrast concerns limits on civil life; the second concerns cultural adaptation and plural identities. Reading them together avoids inferring an immigration position solely from a preference about security. On Power, the 877-profile catalog median is 58.8% Security; Alwaleed bin Talal sits 6.2 points above it. 175 reference profiles share this band.
Force and foreign policy. Diplomacy: 36% Militarist, 64% Pacifist (Leaning Pacifist); Intervention: 55.3% Non-interventionist, 44.7% Nationalist (Balanced). Military capacity and projection of national interests are distinct choices in this model. These coordinates show how the profile combines military means and external objectives, without assuming that they always move together. On Intervention, the 877-profile catalog median is 48.8% Non-interventionist; Alwaleed bin Talal sits 6.5 points above it. 167 reference profiles share this band.
Ownership, coordination and trade. Economy: 28% Public, 72% Private (Leaning Private); Control: 30.1% Planning, 69.9% Free market (Leaning Free market); Trade: 16% Protectionism, 84% Globalism (Strong Globalism). These ask three different questions: who owns, how activity is coordinated and how the economy engages abroad. The economic profile of Alwaleed bin Talal depends on that combination, rather than a single left or right classification. On Economy, the 877-profile catalog median is 53.2% Public; Alwaleed bin Talal sits 25.2 points below it. 179 reference profiles share this band.
Belief and social norms. Religion: 23.4% Irreligious, 76.6% Religious (Strong Religious); Morality: 27.7% Progressive, 72.3% Traditionalist (Leaning Traditionalist). The model keeps religious influence separate from continuity in social norms. These values describe the reference profile; they do not assign a religion to someone who receives this match in the quiz. On Morality, the 877-profile catalog median is 38.8% Progressive; Alwaleed bin Talal sits 11.1 points below it. 197 reference profiles share this band.
Technology and limits. Technology: 66.5% Technology, 33.5% Biology (Leaning Technology). This adds a perspective on innovation and biological continuity that cannot be inferred directly from the economic coordinates. For Alwaleed bin Talal, the 16.5-point distance from the center indicates the intensity of this particular position. On Technology, the 877-profile catalog median is 57.5% Technology; Alwaleed bin Talal sits 9.0 points above it. 299 reference profiles share this band.
03 / Connections
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Closest ideologies
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Three views of compatibility
Political
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95.3%
12 axes considered
Social
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9 axes considered
Economic
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99.4%
3 axes considered
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What does getting Alwaleed bin Talal on the test mean?
Your twelve scores are relatively close to this reference profile. A match describes similarity inside the model; it does not imply agreement with every action, policy or belief associated with Alwaleed bin Talal.
Which ideology is closest to Alwaleed bin Talal?
Islamic Democracy has 95.3% compatibility in the catalog. This score combines axis proximity, overall direction, intensity and the largest difference between the profiles.
Which axis stands out for Alwaleed bin Talal?
Trade is among the furthest from the center: 16% Protectionism and 84% Globalism. Read all twelve axes to understand the full combination.
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