Waleed Al Ibrahim, is a Saudi Arabian businessman, and founder and chairman of Middle East Broadcasting Center, known as MBC Group. He is the first commercially successful TV channel owner in the Middle East.

Waleed al Ibrahim was still in his twenties when he founded MBC. MBC is part of ARAvision. MBC acquired United Press International that was bankrupt at that time for $3.95 million in 1992 to bolster its news-gathering scope.

Al Ibrahim has been awarded for his contributions in the field of Arab media. He was among top 20 prominent Gulf businessmen according to Amwal magazine in 2005. He was chosen to be the 27th most influential Arab among 100 Arab personalities by Arabian Business in 2007. He was named the 'Media Man of the Year' at the 4th MENA Cristal Awards held in Lebanon in 2008.

He also received other awards, including the "Knight" award from the Arab League in 2006 and "Innovator of the Year" award from Arabian Business. He was chosen as the first among top 50 figures in MENA’s media, marketing and advertising industry in 2011.

He was named as the world's 66th most influential Arab personality among other 100 Arabs by Gulf News in 2012, citing his much more prominent position in the Arab media.

Arabian Business named him as the world's 24th most influential Arab among 500 others in 2012.