Diriyah CEO discusses project progress and investor confidence
Jerry Inzerillo shared construction, visitor and workforce figures for Diriyah in an interview with Arab News.
Event / data period: 2026-02-21
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Diriyah Company Group CEO Jerry Inzerillo told Arab News that the project aims to combine historic heritage with new development. He said more than 20 million mud bricks had been made using traditional methods and that hotels and restaurants were operating at the site.
Inzerillo said the project had received more than 4 million visitors, one hotel had occupancy above 90 percent, and 56,000 people worked daily at construction sites across Riyadh. These are figures he gave in the interview and are not presented as independently audited results.
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Figures reported in the interview
Project scope and figures stated in the interview source.
- Diriyah visitors to date
- ≥4,000,000 people
- 2026-02-21 · Observed
- Handcrafted mud bricks
- ≥20,000,000 count
- 2026-02-21 · Observed
- Daily project construction workforce in central Riyadh
- 56,000 people
- 2026-02-21 · Observed
Methodology
Values are transcribed from the interview; statements by company executives should not be interpreted as independent measurements.
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- Construction and propertySuggested
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