The Rich Boys
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The Rich Boys refers to an elite circle of oil and mineral trading figures under the tutelage of one-time fugitive financier Marc Rich, as identified in a July, 2005 investigative report by journalist Marcia Vickers for BusinessWeek magazine.
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[edit] Key figures
- Benjamin R. Pollner
- Ivan Glasenberg
- Patrick Maugein
- David "Bay" Chalmers
- Pincus "Pinky" Green, co-indictee of Rich.
- Willy Strothotte (via Glencore, Minara, Xstrata).
[edit] Affiliated companies
- Glencore International AG of Switzerland
- Minara Resources Ltd of Australia
- Trafigura of Switzerland; known for its involvement in the 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste spill.
- Marc Rich & Co, predecessor to Glencore.
- Zug, Switzerland Masefield Group
- Milio International Ltd, in Moscow; formed by Rich traders in 1997
- Novarco, a White Plains (N.Y.) commodities-trading business established by Rich in 1997; its oil contracts in 2002 to Richmond (Va.)-based Dominion Resources Inc, according to company reports.
[edit] Shell companies
- Rescor Inc
- Plasco Shipping
