Ivan Glasenberg
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Ivan Glasenberg

Switzerland 69 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Mining
Residence
Ruschlikon
Education
Marshall School of Business (Master of Business Administration)
University of Witwatersrand (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Assets

  • Glencore International Plc
    1,211,958,000 shares @ -
    -
    GLEN-GB

Biography

Ivan Glasenberg holds the largest individual stake in Glencore, the world's biggest commodity trader.

Glasenberg served as CEO of Glencore from 2002 until his 2021 retirement.

After earning his MBA from the USC, Glasenberg started working as a marketer in the coal department of Marc Rich & Co. in his native South Africa.

The company became Glencore in 1994 and went public in 2011.

About

Glasenberg is a former South African race-walking champion.

Glencore's founder Marc Rich, who fled the U.S. in 1983 after being indicted for multiple crimes including tax evasion, was pardoned by Bill Clinton in 2001.