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Political control is near-absolute (Crown Prince + PM, sole personal grant of Aramco control since 2015) but the CAPITAL itself is only free-ish — sovereign, reversible, Vision-2030-purpose-directed rather than a personal free pile. Control level: total over PIF's steering (chairman), near-total over Aramco (royal-decree grant), full over state fiscal policy as PM — but every pool is state-owned, not personally owned.

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