Out of the Desert: My Journey From Nomadic Bedouin to the Heart of Global Oil

About this book

The extraordinary memoir of global oils central banker Until 7 May 2016 Ali Al-Naimi was Saudi oil minister - and OPEC kingpin - a position he has held for 20 years. As global oils central banker Al-Naimi moved markets with the briefest of utterances. But it wasnt 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-Naimis extraordinary rise to power. Described by Alan Greenspan as the most powerful man youve never heard of Al-Naimis 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.