MBS Wants Saudi Arabia Fund to Reach $2 Trillion in Assets
The crown prince’s ambitious plan for the Public Investment Fund would change the kingdom’s dependence on oil while creating the world’s largest pool of institutional money, but questions remain.
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has unveiled an ambitious plan that would make the Public Investment Fund (PIF) the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, increasing its roughly $400 billion in assets to $1.1 trillion by 2025 and $2 trillion by 2030.
Analysts question whether the plan is feasible, but one thing is certain: The 35-year-old de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia doesn’t think small.