FOR YEARS, SAUDI Arabia was considered one of the most opaque places in which to do business in the world. Most considered that the Kingdom’s apparently sealed-off economy consisted of oil and not much else, while few outsiders had close contacts with the thousands of family-owned companies that still dominate the private sector.
Times have changed, though, and outsiders are not only doing business with Saudi family firms, they are also trying to buy into them.
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