Name: H.E. Fahd Bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed welcomes Fortune MPW audience in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Uploaded: 2025-06-10
Duration: 7 min 3 s
Description: H.E. Fahd Bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed, Chairman of Saudi Conventions & Exhibitions General Authority (SCEGA) welcomes the Fortune MPW audience in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with introductory remarks from Fortune CEO Anastasia Nyrkovskaya.

H.E. Fahd Bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed, Chairman of Saudi Conventions & Exhibitions General Authority (SCEGA) welcomes the Fortune MPW audience in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with introductory remarks from Fortune CEO Anastasia Nyrkovskaya.

H.E. Fahd Bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed welcomes Fortune MPW audience in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

His Excellency Fahd Bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed

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Transformation in Saudi Arabia created many women who are the first of their kind. And being first is very hard across multiple sectors, public, private, government, any area of the world, and to some extent, I'm also first of my kind. It's an honor to be the first female CEO of Fortune. And, and. Our editor in chief, Allison Chanel, is the first female editor in chief of Fortune. In 95 year history of the company. So Not an easy job at all whatsoever. And over the last 30 years we have been working on 4 most powerful women in the community and building the community and in order to build the community, you need to have different things, different thoughts, different cultures, different backgrounds, people who are coming from different journeys in their careers and life and now Saudi women are part of this community as well and I'm very happy about that. Now, we're in good company here being first. We're hosting our first Fortune's first most powerful Women International summit in the Middle East. And Why are we here is the biggest question. It's unfortunate DNA to be a different tier of the business and business transformation. So that's why. Now we all came from different walks of life and I wanted to share my personal journey for a second as well. I grew up in a small tiny town right outside of Moscow, but the town was very unique. Everybody there was a scientist or an engineer. So as I would go to school, my parents would go and build rockets, and it was normal. We had the most modern electronic particle accelerator, but meanwhile our buses were built around World War II, and when we sit on a bus, you never know if you get to your destination or if the bus breaks. OK, at that point in my life, I would have never thought that I would move far away to New York City and run this iconic brand, Fortune Media. Truly a privilege and a pleasure and a lot of hard work. Now, along those two days, I want you to share your personal stories with each other on stage, at dinner, and during all of the conversations. Now, as we know, this journey does not happen alone. Along the way, you have allies, men and women who help us to get to where we are going. So I wanted to introduce a very special man. OK. He is our host, gracious and incredible host. So I would like to welcome to the stage His Excellency Fahad Al-Rashid, Chairman of SEGA. It's ha ha habsada Malikah. uh labellizwana lemona. Your Highnesses, Excellencies. Our esteemed guests, friends from all over the world. Welcome to Riyadh and welcome to Saudi Arabia. I want to start by thanking our friends at Fortune, especially my dear friend Anastasia, who had the bold vision of bringing this great forum, this great summit to Saudi Arabia. And you are here at the right time. Vision 2030 has made Saudi Arabia one of the most exciting places in the world, and we have already accomplished so much. We have done it through a spirit of partnership. Partnering partnering with you. And leaders from around the world, their countries, their corporates. But it has not been only that. Most importantly, it has been us as a country working together. Men and women side by side, working relentlessly to make this vision into a reality. And you will meet these women over the next 2 days. Incredibly ambitious, bold women who are also capable of getting things done. They come from all walks of life, and they have their own unique stories to tell. Some of these women come from the private sector. They have been recognized around the world for decades. And now they have a table, they have a seat at the head of the table at home. In the country of Saudi Arabia. And you have women who are leading government, who are managing large scale transformations in every sector, in every field, and they are doing it with empathy and care. And you have women in sports who have broken down the barriers. To this sector and have already achieved championships. You'll meet women from every field and every sector. And I hope, in doing so, you will enjoy the next two days. That you will enjoy the conversation. Most importantly, that you will make friends and you will build partnerships, and I hope, I hope this will not be the last time we do this, and then you'll come back to see us. Now I do want to recognize the elephant in the room. I am not one of the most powerful women in the world, so if you allow me, I will excuse myself and walk myself off stage without you pushing me out. Thank you so much. Enjoy the few days. Thank you.