Both men are described only as "private Saudi Arabian investors."

In November 2009 the hotel was sold for a reported £3.5 million to Saudi Arabian investors.

A Saudi Arabian investor, for example, purchased 17 percent in 1987, a transaction that the company says did not directly involve Mr. Bush.

Another Saudi investor and Pharaon partner is Abdullah Bakhsh, who joined the board of directors as a part of the deal.

A group of Saudi investors bought an 11 percent stake in Saks Fifth Avenue for $100 million.

The project is financed by a consortium of wealthy Egyptian and Saudi Arabian investors.

This company was organized by Suliman S. Olayan, a Saudi Arabian investor.

A year later, he set up his own investment firm, First Arabian, to invest the money of Lebanese, Kuwaiti and Saudi investors.

"Our Saudi investors are committed to the project," he insisted.

Saudi investors have contributed a sum total of EGP1.20 billion in issued capital to 2355 companies in Egypt.