About this episode
Andy Wirth and Tony Harris moved halfway across the world to help build Neom: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s futuristic new city in the Saudi desert . But what they found wasn’t the desert utopia of Neom’s marketing. Instead, they found a project bleeding cash , led by a screaming CEO , where very little was actually being built . WSJ’s Rory Jones and Eliot Brown explain how Neom fell years behind schedule – and went billions of dollars over-budget – thanks to a culture of runaway spending and never telling the boss “no.” Hosted by Ryan Knutson. Further Listening: - Neom, Pt 1: Skiing in the Desert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices