{"product_id":"saudi-inc-1","title":"Saudi, Inc.","description":"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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nOver 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.\n\nNow al Saud and its family business, Aramco, are embarking on their most ambitious move: taking the company public.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 168177660X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.168177660X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wald, Ellen R\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41664950272058,"sku":"DBV.168177660X.A","price":10.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/168177660X-0_b08d78a3-2774-4621-9828-f3ff0764fc1d.jpg?v=1789958974","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/saudi-inc-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}