Olayan

The Olayan Group is a multinational enterprise with an actively managed portfolio of global investments. The Group’s primary parent company is headquartered in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The Group also has international offices in New York, London, Luxembourg, Vienna, Athens and Singapore. The Group’s parent for MENA investments and operations is based in Riyadh.
 
The Olayan Group is a private company with single-family ownership which originated in 1947, when Suliman S. Olayan founded a trucking and supply concern, his first of many pioneering ventures. Mr. Olayan went on to become a leading entrepreneur, international investor, business leader, and philanthropist.
 
Today, the Group is governed by a Shareholders’ Board and advised by a Corporate Board comprising both senior members of the Olayan family and distinguished independent directors.

PURPOSE & MISSION

The Olayan Group’s fundamental purpose is to create long-term value for its shareholders, colleagues, partners and communities.

It achieves this primarily as an investor with a view that is at once opportunistic and strategic as well as global and long-term.

While The Olayan Group originated as a commercial operator in Saudi Arabia in 1947, it has also been an international investor since the early 1960s.

As a private enterprise, the Group combines the strength and security of a decades-old institution with the nimbleness of a family-owned business. We are proud of our track record of investing in high-quality assets and achieving consistent, multi-generational growth.

We are also proud of the key relationships we have developed with investment, banking and other professional partners with whom we have achieved success.

 
The Group’s in-house professionals manage a multi-billion-dollar investment portfolio. This includes public equity, private equity, real estate, fixed income, credit, and foreign exchange. Public and private equity holdings span diverse sectors including consumer and retail, healthcare, biotech, financial services, energy, and technology.