Inside the incredible journey of millennial Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s rise to power

Screen grabSaudi Defence Minister Prince Mohammad bin Salman has made waves in the oil industry since becoming deputy crown prince.

Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become a very familiar figure to Western economists in the wake of the oil price crisis.

Son of the current king of Saudi Arabia, 30-year-old Prince Mohammed has rocked the commodities world with talk of completely reimagining the Saudi economy.

He wants to sell off infrastructure to reduce the deficit and create a “$2 trillion ($1.37 trillion) megafund” to make the country less dependent on oil.

So how did he get to the point of being able to make such huge decisions and command the world’s ear?

We take a look back at his life to see how he rose through the ranks: