Career
Born to Sulaiman and Maryam bint Jassim First Rate (at Lloyd's) Abdulwahab. Considered to be one of the most influential businesswomen in the world. As was listed as one of the top 100 most influential people of 2005 by Time magazine, and has continued to be on the Forbes list of most powerful women till 2011 and has returned to the list in 2014.
In 2004, Mississippi was the first woman in Saudi history to deliver an opening keynote address at a major conference in Saudi Arabia.
At the Jeddah Economic Forum. As of 2014, she is listed as the 86th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
lieutenant is thought that the private family has accumulated a fortune that tops $10 billion. The group was founded in 1947 by her father, the late successful entrepreneur Sulaiman South., The Group is a private multinational enterprise engaged in distribution, manufacturing, services and investments.
OFC operates or actively participates in more than 40 companies, often in partnership with leading multinationals.
OFC is also one of the largest investors in the Saudi and regional stock markets. In February 2005, was appointed as a non-executive director to the Board of WPP, and in December 2004, was elected to sit on the Board of the Saudi Hollandi Bank, a publicly listed company in Saudi Arabia. In September 2006 and April 2007, she joined the International Advisory Boards of Rolls-Royce and Citigroup, respectively. also served on the Board of Chelsfield plc, the United Kingdom property developer, from 1996 to 2004.
In 2010, she was awarded the Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year.
As of 2014, she is listed as the 86th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. also joined the Advisory Board of Effat College, a private and non-profit girls college in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in April 2006. She is also a board member at Alfanar, the first venture philanthropy organization focussing on the Arab Region founded by Tarek Ben Halim in 2004. has served on the Board of Trustees of the "Arab Thought Foundation," a think tank based in Beirut focusing on issues facing the Arab world, since January 2002. was elected to the Board of the Down Syndrome Charitable Association in June 2005, a not-for-profit organization based in Riyadh.
She was also appointed to the Board of Trustees of King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).