While many pople talk excitedly of the transfor- mational effects of the information superhighway, the unfettered flow of information the Internet allows, Fareed Al Khalawi is aware that progress and prosperity are also heavily reliant on the flow of the world’s tangible assets: its water and its oil. As President and CEO of the Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company, a world leader in the manufacture and marketing of pipes, Al Khalawi’s work is both low profile and highly important.