# Bin Laden and the SBG

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-and-the-sbg/81011>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 12, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-and-the-sbg/81011 "2001-09-12T05:02:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-and-the-sbg/81011/1 "2001-09-12T05:02:46Z")

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What is the relationship between Bin Laden and the Saudi Binladin Group? I went on the SBG site today and found what looked like a very commercialized buisness with no extremist rhetoric. It seemed to have American extensions. But didn’t Bin Laden’s father, Mohammed start the company? Isn’t he in control of it? Or since he has been banned from Saudi Arabia, he has lost control of the company?  
Thanks for the info