Ali Al Naimi, the Saudi Dream Story

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Ali al-Naimi: The Saudi Dream Story Ali Al Naimi is the self-made man who spent 16 years in the field of oil ranging in posts from the bottom to the top. Forty years ago the New York times daily, (24 February 1968) published an article about the Bedouin boy (who gradually started prowling with members of his tribe the vast deserts which form most of Saudi Arabia), when young, he worked as a correspondent in an Office), till he managed to find his way in the world oil industry. The biography of the self-made minister Ali Nuaimi is an example of the Saudi dream, which is based on work, commitment, and competence. When he was 12 years old, and began to be paid less than a dollar a day as a correspondent. Minister Al-Naimi has spent his career in energy exploration and production with Saudi Minister Al-Naimi has spent his career in energy exploration and production with SaudiAramco, beginning in 1947 as a foreman, and going on through the ranks as an assistant Aramco, beginning in 1947 as a foreman, and going on through the ranks as an assistant,superintendent, superintendent and manager, before moving into the Exploration Department Superintendent, superintendent and manager, before moving into the Exploration Department When he became the first Saudi Aramco chairman, he had spent 48 years in the company. Al-Naimi studied at the International College and the American University in Beirut,Lebanon, from 1956 until 1963, then in 1962 achieved a B.Sc. Lebanon, from 1956 until 1963, and then in 1962, he achieved a B.Sc. in Geology from Lehigh in Geology from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA, and a master's degree in Geology from Stanford University,University, Pennsylvania, USA, and a master's degree in Geology from Stanford University,USA, in 1963. USA, in 1963.In 1963, he received a master's degree from Stanford University in California in groundwater hydrology.

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