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Saudi Arabia Releases Al-Amoudi

Jan 27 , 2019

Mohammed Ali Al-Amoudi, the Ethiopian-Saudi business tycoon, has been released from prison after spending a little over a year in Jeddah, Fortune has confirmed from multiple sources. The circumstances of his release remains undisclosed.

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