The future of dealmaking with Saudi Arabia
The Story of Money
Manuela Saragosa
4.4 • 400 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Some of the world’s most influential financiers and executives have spent the past three years courting Saudi Arabia’s dealmaker-in-chief Mohammed bin Salman and his $300bn state investment fund. But the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has turned the pursuit of trophy deals into an exercise in crisis management. The FT's Arash Massoudi explains how the crown prince sought to modernise the Saudi economy with support of the global business elite, and what the future holds for dealmaking with the kingdom.
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| 0:39.8 | Some of the world's most influential financiers have spent the last three years according |
| 0:44.6 | Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the $300 billion state investment fund |
| 0:51.0 | he controls. But the disappearance of Saudi journalist |
| 0:55.6 | Jamal Kashoggi has turned the pursuit of trophy deals into an exercise in |
| 1:00.9 | crisis management. Today on the show, how Mohammed bin Salman sought to |
| 1:06.2 | modernize the Saudi economy with support of the global business elite and what the future |
| 1:11.2 | holds for deal-making with the kingdom. If you're flashback to 2016, he was still relatively unknown figure. There had been some scuttle butt about a potential Ramco IPO and the world was starting |
| 1:39.8 | to get to know this gregarious hard-charging somewhat mysterious ruler from the Gulf. |
| 1:48.8 | Arash Masudi is the FT's corporate finance and deals editor. |
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