Outstanding Achievement Award 2007 – Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

Al Rajhi was the pioneer of Shariah-compliant financial services in the mid-20th century, and Al Rajhi Bank has built on those principles ever since.

Awards for Excellence 

Al Rajhi chief executive Abdullah Sulaiman Al Rajhi

Al Rajhi chief executive Abdullah Sulaiman Al Rajhi collects the Outstanding achievement award on behalf of his father from QFC chief executive Stuart Pearce

When, in the middle of the last century, Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi and his brothers opened a bullion arbitrage and money-changing business, operated on Islamic principles, they could not have realized what they were starting. The global Islamic financial sector is now worth an estimated $1 trillion in assets, with a bond market of more than $50 billion.

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