Educational attainment:
He obtained a bachelor's degree in accounting from King Saud University in 1985. Then he joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1998 and 1999 to obtain a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA). In 1999, he obtained the American Accounting Fellowship Certificate in New Mexico. He also participated in the Executive Development Program (PED) from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) - Lausanne - Switzerland in 2007.

Memberships:
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Real Estate Development Fund
Head of the housing program of Saudi Vision 2030
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Refinancing Company
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Real Estate General Authority
Member of the Board of Directors of NEOM
Member of the Board of Directors of Qiddiya Investment Company
Member of the Board of Directors of the Red Sea Development Company
Member of the Board of Directors of the AMAALA Project
Member of the Roshan Project Board of Directors
Chairmanship and membership of a number of investment funds

Board memberships for a number of companies:
Shareholding companies:

Al Jazeera Bank
Wafa Insurance Company
Credit Suisse
Closed joint stock companies:

Al Jazeera Financial Markets
Nass Holding Company
Rafal Real Estate Development Company
Non-profit organizations and entities:

Saudi Commercial Arbitration Centre
Riyadh Chamber of Commerce (Member of the Real Estate Committee and Chairman of the Real Estate Developers Committee)
Rafal Real Estate Development Company

Shareholding companies:

Al Jazeera Bank
Wafa Insurance Company
Credit Suisse
Closed joint stock companies:

Al Jazeera Financial Markets
Nass Holding Company
Rafal Real Estate Development Company
Non-profit organizations and entities:

Saudi Commercial Arbitration Centre
Riyadh Chamber of Commerce (Member of the Real Estate Committee and Chairman of the Real Estate Developers Committee)
Rafal Real Estate Development Company