“They start at 17-18 years old and then they continue for the long-term. This is a source of strength for the company going forward, especially with a lot of things in terms of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and machine learning. This is where the company is heading. That new young workforce will help us a lot to achieve our goals. Then we have another program which is for university. We take them from high school, and we send them for either a bachelor’s degree, or a master’s, or both, or Ph.D.”
-Amin H. Nasser, Saudi Aramco President and CEO, speaks with Daniel Yergin for CERAWeek Conversations about a broad range of topics including the fact that half of Saudi Aramco’s workforce is under 35. [Businesswire]