What business lessons can we learn from the Afghanistan situation?

[jsansi]

Adnan Khashoggi comes to mind. Made his money ... at one time the wealthiest in the world ... by putting buyers and sellers together. Just a middleman. Later on, putting together arms deals.

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[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by jsansi

Adnan Khashoggi comes to mind. Made his money ... at one time the wealthiest in the world ... by putting buyers and sellers together. Just a middleman. Later on, putting together arms deals.

Here's the Lifestyles profile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjM2TOplSco

Hi jsansi,

Thanks for the reminder about Adnan Khashoggi! I hadn't thought about him for a while...

A super deal-maker...

But, I have to say, I think he was in a good position in that he was well-connected among the Saudi royals. I just read that his father was the personal medical doctor to the Saudi king... So I suspect he probably grew up around the Saudi royal family (without being a royal himself)...

But... it's good to think about deal-making!

Maybe I can post more about deal-making soon (I do things "behind the scenes" I don't always mention here - as is true for many of us!)...

Best wishes,

Dien

[jsansi]

Good point about being connected. No doubt that added additional zeros to his deals.