Alwaleed bin Taleel

Saudi Arabian Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal arrives at the Elysee palace in Paris, France

One of the wealthiest men on Earth is being detained, and no one is talking about it

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The Saudi prince who owns 1/3 of Twitter disappeared into the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton on Nov. 8 and has not been seen since. But the apparent incarceration of Prince Alwaleed bin Taleel — the 45th richest man on Earth and friend of billionaires Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates — is not getting a lot of media attention. CNBC’s Jake Novak explains why few are now talking about Saudi Arabia’s Twitter Prince.