Bakr Bin Laden, Chairman
Projects:
King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Police Headquarters in Sharjah, UAE
American University of Sharjah, UAE
Cairo International Airport, Egypt
The group was incorporated in 1967 and diversified into construction activities in UAE during 1971 as well as in Saudi Arabia in 1981. The company has played a key role in the country’s development especially in terms of major civil projects. The most active division, Public Buildings & Airports Division (PBAD), is highly competitive and has undertaken various projects in building roads, bridges, airports, hospitals, universities, large housing projects, residential and commercial buildings, and high-rise towers among others. The division is well known for its speed in mobilising and executing projects. The yearly turnout of the division is around million and has ISO9001:2008 certification and maintains efficient quality programmes. SBG also let the way in Forbes’ recent Top Private Companies Making an Impact list which included a number of companies from the Middle East especially Saudi Arabia.
The company was originally formed by Bakr Binladin’s father, Mohammed Binladin, as a general contracting company in 1931. The company gradually expanded over the years across Saudi Arabia and added a number of operating divisions to its portfolio. To push the company to go global, Saudi Binladin Group was established to incorporate various divisions into a corporation. SBL’s current manpower strength is over 55,000 which includes engineers, architects, technical and administrative staff, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers. The group is often ranked as one of the top construction companies in the region and is surely part of the A-listers in the region. The group is currently working on the $21 billion expansion project at the prestigious Grand Mosque in Makkah.