Robert Friedland
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Robert Friedland

United States 75 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Mining
Residence
Singapore
Education
Reed College (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

Assets

  • Clean Teq Holdings
    11,977,000 shares @ -
    -
    SRL-AU
  • Clean Teq Water
    11,384,000 shares @ -
    -
    CNQ-AU
  • Ivanhoe Electric
    11,695,000 shares @ -
    -
    IE-CA
  • Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
    163,392,000 shares @ -
    -
    IVN-CA
  • Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
    -15,675,000 shares @ -
    -
    IVN-CA

Biography

Robert Friedland is founder and executive cochairman of Toronto-listed Ivanhoe Mines, a leader in the mining and precious metals industry.

Based in Singapore, Friedland is praised for finding profitable mines in remote areas like Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia.

A graduate of Reed College, Friedland also funds Ivanhoe Capital, which invests in emerging markets.

He also has a stake in Australia-listed Clean TeQ Holdings, which supplies cobalt and nickel to lithium-ion battery producers.

Friedland's Ivanhoe Atlantic, formerly High Power Exploration, plans to invest $5 billion in infrastructure projects in Africa's Liberty Corridor, connecting Guinea to Liberia.

About

Friedland's son Govind is a geologist and founder of uranium mining outfit GoviEx Uranium.

Friedland owns Ivanhoe Pictures, a production company that merged with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment to form SK Global.

His Canada-based Peregrine Diamonds was acquired in 2018 by De Beers Group for around $80 million.