A former analyst at J.P. Morgan, Al-Olayan oversees the Middle East operations of Olayan Group, a diversified company founded by her father in 1947. She is a regular participant in the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Her billionaire family hired Saudi Fransi Capital as financial adviser for the planned share sale of some of its local assets, according to people familiar with the matter. The Olayan Group was valued at more than $10 billion by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index in 2015.