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# Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Profit and Power

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A history of the most profitable company in the world, Saudi Aramco, and the story behind the family that ruthlessly maneuvered to control this multi-trillion dollar enterprise. The Saudi Royal family and Aramco leadership are, and almost always have been, motivated by ambitions of long-term strength and profit. They use Islamic laws, Wahhabi ideology, gender discrimination, and public beheadings to maintain stability and their own power. Underneath the Thebes and abayas and behind the religious fanaticism and illiberalism lies a most sophisticated and ruthless enterprise. Today, that enterprise is poised to pull off the biggest IPO in history. Over more than a century, fed by ambition and oil wealth, al Saud has come from nothing to rule as absolutely monarchs, a contrast with the world around them and modernity itself. The story starts with Saudi Arabia's founder, Abdul Aziz, a lonely refugee embarking on a daring gambit to recon queer his family's ancestral home—the mud-walled city of Riyadh. It takes readers almost to present day, when the multinational family business has made al Saud the wealthiest family in the world and on the cusp of a new transformation. Now al Saud and its family business, Aramco, are embarking on their most ambitious move: taking the company public.

Review: Clear, concise, and factual. What more can you ask of a history of Saudi oil? - Saudi, Inc. is a compact review of Saudi Arabia's development as the world's key oil producer. It's clear, concise, and above all factual. There's not much even a longtime monitor of oil policy can quibble with in Ellen Wald's work. This one belongs, well-read, on the shelf with the (very few) other must-reads about the world oil industry.
Review: Good book - Good book...doesn’t really have any material which you can’t find on the internet

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 460,436 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 143 in Religious History of Islam 540 in Business & Economic History 2,049 in World History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 179 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Clear, concise, and factual. What more can you ask of a history of Saudi oil?
*by W***R on 6 June 2018*

Saudi, Inc. is a compact review of Saudi Arabia's development as the world's key oil producer. It's clear, concise, and above all factual. There's not much even a longtime monitor of oil policy can quibble with in Ellen Wald's work. This one belongs, well-read, on the shelf with the (very few) other must-reads about the world oil industry.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Good book
*by A***R on 31 December 2018*

Good book...doesn’t really have any material which you can’t find on the internet

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent and insightful
*by R***A on 3 April 2018*

What started out as a doctoral thesis turned into a 10-year project for academic turned author Ellen Wald. The doctoral thesis eventually expanded into "Saudi Inc.". I found the book a fascinating blend of business, history, and politics, often told through the personal recollections of individuals directly involved in the events that made Saudi Aramco what it is today - the biggest oil company in the world, and one of the most efficient. The book opens with King Abdulazziz Al-Saud, the father of the Kingdom, preparing for the assault on Riyadh in 1902 that was to lead eventually to the establishment of the Saudi state. After capturing the city's main fort, "he watched the sun set over the vast desert before him and looked towards Makkah, many miles to the west, and many victories away," Wald wrote. My recommendation for a good read is 'buy'.

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