Saudi Arabia Decrees It, But Will They Build It?

摘要

Boldness is part of Amr Al Dabbagh's heritage. The governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, a cabinet-level agency that promotes foreign and domestic investment, Al Dabbagh comes from a prominent Jeddah family. His father, Abdallah, graduated from Cairo University in 1946 as the first Saudi to earn a Ph.D. in agricultural engineering; he went on to become the Kingdom's first minister of Agriculture, then in 1962 founded one of Saudi Arabia's most successful trading firms, the Dabbagh Group Holding Co. Amr Al Dabbagh succeeded his father as CEO at the tender age of 25 in 1991, led the group's expansion into housing, real estate and telecommunications and built the family's fortune to an estimated $1 billion-plus.