Out of the Desert

My Journey From Nomadic Bedouin to the Heart of Global Oil

Biography & Memoir, Business, Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Industries
Cover of the book Out of the Desert by Ali Al-Naimi, Penguin Books Ltd
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ali Al-Naimi ISBN: 9780241978399
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: November 3, 2016
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Ali Al-Naimi
ISBN: 9780241978399
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: November 3, 2016
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

The extraordinary memoir of global oil's former central banker

Ali Al-Naimi is the former Saudi oil minister - and OPEC kingpin - a position he held for the two decades between August 1995 and May 2016. In this time, Al-Naimi's briefest utterances moved markets. But it wasn't always that way.

Al-Naimi was born into abject poverty as a nomadic Bedouin in the 1930s, just as US companies were discovering vast quantities of oil under the baking Arabian deserts. From his first job as a shepherd boy, aged four, to his appointment to one of the most powerful political and economic jobs in the world, Out of the Desert charts Al-Naimi's extraordinary rise to power.

Described by Alan Greenspan as 'the most powerful man you've never heard of', Al-Naimi's incredible journey proves that anyone can make it - even a poor Bedouin shepherd boy. This is his exclusive inside story of power, politics and oil.

His Excellency Ali Ibrahim Al-Naimi is the former Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. One of the most powerful economic and political jobs in the world, he held this post from August 1995 to May 2016.

Prior to that he held a wide range of leadership positions in the Kingdom's national oil company, Saudi Aramco. He was the first Saudi national to be named President of the company in 1984 and became the first Saudi CEO in 1988. Al-Naimi joined the company, then called Aramco, as an office boy in 1947. A Bedouin, he was born in the deserts of eastern Arabia in 1935.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The extraordinary memoir of global oil's former central banker

Ali Al-Naimi is the former Saudi oil minister - and OPEC kingpin - a position he held for the two decades between August 1995 and May 2016. In this time, Al-Naimi's briefest utterances moved markets. But it wasn't always that way.

Al-Naimi was born into abject poverty as a nomadic Bedouin in the 1930s, just as US companies were discovering vast quantities of oil under the baking Arabian deserts. From his first job as a shepherd boy, aged four, to his appointment to one of the most powerful political and economic jobs in the world, Out of the Desert charts Al-Naimi's extraordinary rise to power.

Described by Alan Greenspan as 'the most powerful man you've never heard of', Al-Naimi's incredible journey proves that anyone can make it - even a poor Bedouin shepherd boy. This is his exclusive inside story of power, politics and oil.

His Excellency Ali Ibrahim Al-Naimi is the former Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. One of the most powerful economic and political jobs in the world, he held this post from August 1995 to May 2016.

Prior to that he held a wide range of leadership positions in the Kingdom's national oil company, Saudi Aramco. He was the first Saudi national to be named President of the company in 1984 and became the first Saudi CEO in 1988. Al-Naimi joined the company, then called Aramco, as an office boy in 1947. A Bedouin, he was born in the deserts of eastern Arabia in 1935.

More books from Penguin Books Ltd

Cover of the book Plunder of the Commons by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Don Quixote by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Home by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Smoky Joe's Cafe by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book More About Boy by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Selected Poems by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Line Of Sight by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Because We're Worth It by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Start It Up by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book The New Zealand First Aid Handbook by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book The Makers of Rome by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book The Song of Roland by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Unreal by Ali Al-Naimi
Cover of the book Doctor Who: The Beast of Babylon by Ali Al-Naimi
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy