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Discussing the Venture Capital ecosystem in Saudi Arabia and the MENA with investor Amjad Ahmad and much more...
Episode 105! Amjad Ahmad, a leading venture capitalist and seasoned investment professional with extensive experience in VC and private equity in emerging markets, joi...
The CEO of KAFD, Riyadh's financial district, Gautam Sashittal, joins The 966 to talk about the Kingdom's original giga-project and the city of the future
Gautam Sashittal, the CEO of Riyadh's financial district that has redefined Riyadh’s skyline and is the city’s most sought-after business address and lifestyle destina...
King Salman's pivotal role in Saudi Arabia's past and present with author and columnist David Rundell; plus, archaeology in Al Ula, Wa'ed's new investment, and more...
Author David Rundell joins to discuss King Salman's incredible impact on Saudi Arabia. King Salman has played an enormously pivotal role for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi...
Understanding Vision 2030's impact on media perceptions of Saudi Arabia's with Rawan Hashem; also, Hevolution's rise, Tourism in KSA and much more
Episode 102! Rawan Hashem from the data insights firm Carma joins The 966 to discuss evolving media perspectives of Saudi Arabia and Vision 2030. Before the conversati...
Saudi giga-projects and construction with MEED editor Colin Foreman, an update on the New Murabba and the Saudi Pro League, and more
Colin Foreman, journalist and editor for the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED), joins The 966 to talk about construction, giga-projects, and Saudi Arabia's economic d...
Episode 100! Saudi Arabia gets a BRICS invite, a lightning strike on Mecca's clocktower, and leading Riyadh-based architect Nadia Maqbool Al Lawatiya joins The 966
Nadia Maqbool Al-Lawatiya, a leading Riyadh-based architect and urban designer who is closely familiar with Salmani architecture, joins The 966 to share her journey an...
Princess Mashael bint Saud Al Shalan joins The 966, Saudis rush to theaters to See 'Barbie', an update on The Line and more...
Episode 99! Princess Mashael bint Saud Al-Shalan, Founding Partner, Aeon Strategy, joins The 966 to discuss her work heading one of the leading consultancies in Saudi ...
More on Saudi-Israel normalization reports, Lucid's future, and Kuwait University's Bader Al-Saif joins The 966
Episode 98! Dr. Bader Al-Saif, founding President at Al-Saif Consulting and Assistant Professor at Kuwait University joins The 966 to talk about Saudi Arabia as an eme...
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and former publisher of the Wall Street Journal Karen Elliott House joins The 966
American journalist, author, media executive, and pulitzer prize winner Karen Elliott House joins The 966. Elliott House discusses her recent work, a paper entitled 'S...
PepsiCo Middle East CEO Aamer Sheikh joins The 966, plus a full update on Saudi football, King Saud University's overhaul and more...
Episode 96! The 966 speaks with PepsiCo Middle East CEO Aamer Sheikh for a conversation about the company's strategy to plug into Vision 2030's opportunities and conti...
The MENA region gets hotter as a global heat wave hits 3 continents, Saudi Arabia outranks the US in expat survey and much more...
Episode 95! Following several weeks of amazing special guests on the program (with many more to come in the weeks and months ahead) the hosts fly solo this week and di...
Physician and media commentator Dr. Qanta Ahmed joins The 966 to talk about 'colossal' changes in Saudi Arabia and much more
Physician, non-fiction author, and broadcast media commentator and writer Dr. Qanta Ahmed joins The 966 from New York to discuss the “colossal” changes in Saudi Arabia...
Saudi businesswoman Dana Alajlani joins The 966, the PIF eyes a new sports investment arm, perceptions of Saudi and much more
Saudi businesswoman Dana Alajlani, Head of Public Affairs for the GCC at Sanofi, the French multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company headquartered in Paris,...
Discussing Saudi Arabia's sporting ambitions and investments with expert Simon Chadwick, a NEOM update, and much more
Episode 92! Saudi Arabia’s sporting ambitions and investments have been dominating global coverage of the Kingdom in recent months. The 966 speaks with Simon Chadwick,...
Global HVAC and smart home leader Johnson Controls Arabia CEO Dr. Mohanad Alshaikh joins The 966
The 966 speaks with Dr. Mohanad AlSheikh, CEO of Johnson Controls Arabia, a leading player in Saudi Arabia and the MENA region’s growing HVAC and smart building market...
The Saudi PIF Invests in Saudi football, Messi to Miami, and Saudi entrepreneurs Sara Bin Laden and Renad Aljefri join The 966
Saudi entrepreneurs Sara Bin Laden and Renad Aljefri, recent WIN fellows, join The 966 from Jeddah to discuss their experiences and journeys to-date. Renad and Sara re...
An Absolute Shocker: LIV Golf and the PGA will MERGE and form one entity, with Yasir Al-Rumayyan as Chairman and the Saudi PIF with investment rights
It's a story The 966 has covered in almost every one of its 90 podcasts in one form or another: the PIF-backed LIV Golf tour's founding and rise. So the news breaking ...
Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration CEO Dr. Hamed Merah joins The 966, LIV Golf in DC and much more...
The 966 talks about the state of business dispute resolution in Saudi Arabia with the CEO of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration, Dr. Hamed Merah, who joins fr...
An update on the VC scene in Saudi Arabia with Eyad Albayouk, Saudis in space, Newcastle United rises and much more...
Episode 88! Venture capitalist Eyad Albayouk returns to The 966 to talk about the latest developments in the VC sector in Saudi Arabia as well as the closing of his ne...
'Salmani' Architecture, VIA Riyadh opens, rainfall record shattered in Saudi Arabia and much more...
Episode 87! The hosts explore overlapping topics in Salmani architecture and an evolving Riyadh city under King Salman for decades. Kicking things off, Richard's One B...
Neom's progress and opening date, Syria comes in from the cold, the Rua Al-Madinah giga-project and much more
Episode 86! The hosts fly solo today with lots to discuss from a busy week in Saudi Arabia. Richard's One Big Thing is the recent developments on Saudi-Syria relations...
Captagon in the Middle East, Messi's history with Saudi Arabia, and a conversation with Norah Ortiz, owner of Riyadh's first authentic Mexican restaurant
The 966 Episode 85! The 966 hosts speak with Norah Ortiz, founder of the first authentic Mexican restaurant in Riyadh, Don Reuben's, which is located in the Diplomatic...
Knight Frank's Faisal Durrani joins The 966 to talk Saudi real estate, giga-projects and much more
In Episode 84, The 966 speaks with Faisal Durrani, partner and head of Middle East research for the global real estate company Knight Frank. Mr. Durrani shares some of...
Talking tech with MEI's Mohammed Soliman, King Salman Park in Riyadh, Saudi’s growing soccer league, and much more…
Eid Fitr Mubarak! In Episode 83, Mohammed Soliman, the director of the Middle East Institute's Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program and a Manager at McLar...
Iran and Saudi open embassies as thaw continues, U.S.-Saudi diplomacy changes, and much more...
In Episode 82, the 966 hosts fly solo and discuss some of the top developments of late on Saudi Arabia - and there are a lot of them. First, the hosts discuss Richard’...
Bilal Saab on U.S.-Saudi military cooperation, how the Kingdom is performing on its green initiative, and more
The 966 welcomes back onto the program Bilal Saab, political-military analyst on the Middle East and U.S. policy toward the region and Senior Fellow and Director of th...
Top U.S. Commercial Officer in KSA James Golsen, U.S.-Saudi trade after the Boeing-Riyadh Airways deal, and experiencing Al-Ula
Mr. James Golsen, Senior Commercial Officer for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, discusses his work building U.S.-Saudi trade and business relations and his journey to the im...
Understanding the Saudi-Iran agreement with a trio of special guests: Saudi Embassy Spokesperson Fahad Nazer, CSIS' Dr. Jon Alterman, and Saudi Foreign Policy Expert Dr. Aziz Alghashian
Saudi Arabia and Iran recently agreed to normalize ties between the two regional powers after seven years. The 966 speaks with three top voices to understand the deal ...
An evolving U.S.-Saudi relationship, jaw-dropping developments and progress on the Red Sea, and much more….
Episode 78! The 966 hosts fly solo this week ahead of a busy week of travel to Saudi Arabia and the region and an impressive slate of forthcoming guests in the coming ...
Steve Lutes, Vice President, Middle East Affairs at U.S. Chamber of Commerce joins The 966
Steve Lutes, Vice President, Middle East Affairs at U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has been active in his role expanding the program in service to the Chamber's membership ...