Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company and Chairman of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation-Global (registered in Lebanon) and Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel, Vice-Chairwoman and Secretary General of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, was ranked among the top influential Saudis by The Christian Science Monitor. Prince Alwaleed has used his significant wealth and media holdings to press for more modernization in Saudi society, as well as greater cultural understanding between Islamic countries and the West. — SG