Saad bin Faisal Al Saud (; 1942 – April 2017) was a Saudi royal, a son of King Faisal, one of the grandsons of

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

's founder

King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted as 1876, although a few sources give it as 1880. According to British author Robert Lacey's book ''The Kingdom'', ...

, and a businessman.

Early life and education

Saad bin Faisal was born in 1942 and was the son of King Faisal and Haya bint Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Turki. His mother was a member of the Al Jiluwi clan. Prince Saad's full siblings were Prince Khalid and Princess Noura (died March 2022). Prince Saad was a graduate of the

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like his brothers. Then he attended

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

, but left it soon. He obtained a law degree from the

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Career

Prince Saad was the deputy governor at Petromin from 1971 to 1973. He also worked at the Ministry of Petroleum. Following his retirement from the government, he began to be involved in business. He headed the

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. From 1999 to 2017, he was a member of

Effat University Effat University () is a private non-profit institution of higher education for men and women in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, operating under the umbrella of King Fa ...

board of founders and board of trustees. From 2018, his daughter, Sara, joined both boards as a member.

Death

He died in April 2017 and was buried in

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following the funeral prayers at the Grand Mosque on 11 April.

Ancestry

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