- The Rich Boys
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.Key figures
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Benjamin R. Pollner
*Ivan Glasenberg
*Patrick Maugein
* David "Bay" Chalmers
* Pincus "Pinky" Green, co-indictee of Rich.
*Willy Strothotte (viaGlencore , Minara,Xstrata ).Affiliated companies
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Glencore International AG of Switzerland
*Minara Resources Ltd of Australia
*Trafigura of Switzerland; known for its involvement in the2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste spill .
*Marc Rich & Co , predecessor to Glencore.
* Zug, SwitzerlandMasefield Group
* 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.Shell companies
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Rescor Inc
*Plasco Shipping External links
* http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_29/b3943080.htm
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