Saudi Prince Courted Amazon's Bezos Before Bitter Split

Through much of 2018, Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and tech-savvy Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seemed to be hitting it off.

Texting over WhatsApp about a plan for Amazon to build a huge data center in Saudi Arabia, the men forged a cordial and mutually beneficial relationship. “It is very important for me, my friend, that you come to Saudi during the future investment Forum and we announce this $2.8B Vision 2030 partnership,” the prince messaged Mr. Bezos on Sept. 9, 2018, according to a review of texts by The Wall Street Journal and people familiar with the situation.

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Now, one of the world’s richest men and one of the most powerful princes are archenemies, each accusing the other of betrayal.

Over the course of 2018, Prince Mohammed grew frustrated as the Bezos-owned Washington Post published critical columns by Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Bezos was deeply disturbed after men working for the prince murdered Mr. Khashoggi that October, said people familiar with the situation.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/saudi-prince-courted-amazons-bezos-before-bitter-split/ar-BBZm5u0?li=BBnb7Kz

This begs the question. Since MBS thought he could order Bezos around does he do the same with Donald Trump?