44 Winners Honored in Fourth Season of Gulf Smart Investor Award, with Prizes Exceeding SAR1.5 Million

   Riyadh, August 30, 2026, SPA -- Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Capital Market Authority Youssef Bin Hamad Al-Blihid honored 44 winners of the fourth season of the Gulf Smart Investor Award, with prizes exceeding SAR1.5 million in total.
   ‏The ceremony, held in Riyadh this evening, witnessed the honoring of the winners across the award’s four tracks: video, drawing, photography, and writing. Three winners from each of the individuals and university students categories were honored in each track, along with five winners from the school students category in each track.
   ‏Competition intensified in the current season compared to the third season of the award, as the number of entries exceeded 300,000, compared to more than 88,000 entries in the third season.
   ‏The Gulf Smart Investor Award is one of the initiatives of Mulim, the GCC Investment Awareness Program, and aims to encourage citizens and residents of the GCC countries to produce creative content that contributes to enriching financial and investment awareness.
   ‏The award targets individuals, university students, and school students to participate across its four tracks, in line with its purpose and objectives of promoting financial literacy and enriching awareness content on the importance of saving and investing.
   It is worth noting that Mulim was launched under the umbrella of the GCC General Secretariat, with the participation of the securities authorities in the GCC countries. The program aims to raise awareness of financial transactions and investment in financial markets through a number of awareness campaigns and events.
   -- SPA