$300 Million Investment from Saudi Prince Boosts Twitter

December 19, 2011Erik Kain

After raising $400 million earlier this year from venture capital investors, Twitter is getting a second boost from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Talal is the primary shareholder in Kingdom Holding Company. Forbes staffer reports that ” is 95% owned by the prince, who as of March 2011 was worth $19.6 billion.” The Saudi Prince said […]

Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.