Kholoud AlDosari, one of Saudi Arabia’s new generation of female leaders making strides in business and finance, in Riyadh on Oct. 13.
Photographer: Tasneem Alsultan/BloombergRiyadh’s New Dealmakers Show Women Rising in $1 Trillion Economy
The ascent of women leaders in Saudi finance is a dramatic shift from a decade ago
Maryam Albassam grew up in a Saudi Arabia where women weren’t allowed to drive, couldn’t get their own passports, and weren’t able to travel without a man’s permission.
At the age of six, her father — a retired Saudi soldier turned business owner — took her to his work meetings, but said she’d have to get used to being the only girl at the table. When she got her first job in 2013, the economy was still controlled by men.