Die Finalisten des Deutschen Wirtschaftsbuchpreises 2010 stehen fest. Zehn Titel aus den rund 100 eingereichten Büchern haben es auf die Shortlist geschafft. King of Oil ist einer der Finalisten. Eine hochkarätige Jury mit Vertretern aus Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft unter dem Vorsitz von Hermann-Josef Knipper, stellvertretender Chefredakteur des Handelsblattes, wählt daraus das beste Wirtschaftsbuch in Deutschland.…
The Financial Times just published an excellent article about Glencore, its origin and its future. The King of Oil – The Secret Lives of Marc Rich was an important source and is quoted in the article: Amid such profound changes, Glencore started to plot a new future. Such plans will move the group further from…
It’s as if God gives some people gifts and challenges designed to make their life pathways inevitable. Consider Marc Rich, the international commodity trading billionaire largely responsible for the inception of the spot oil market and financial globalization.
Marc Rich has been described as the world’s biggest commodities trader, the inventor of the spot oil market, a traitor, and the savior of Israel and Jamaica.
Iran is coming under even greater pressure to curb its nuclear program. The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote soon on a fresh round of sanctions against the country. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the draft resolution is even “somewhat stronger” than he expected. According to the New York Times, even the…
谁能想到一个身无分文的欧洲大屠杀事件的幸存者，能够通过自己坚忍不拔的努力最终跻身为美国最富有的富豪之一？又有谁能够想到一个穷困潦倒的犹太难民的后 裔，能够凭借石油贸易一举成为世界上最有权势的大宗商品经销商，成为当之无愧的“石油之王”？马克·里奇是20世纪最有权势、也最具争议的贸易商人之一。 他的生活也总是异常受人关注，他与生活了20多年的妻子离婚，他的离婚代价不菲；他神通广大，与许多政治敏感国家关系友好，并与它们进行石油贸易；他在美 国臭名昭著，是美国“历史上最大的逃税案”的主犯，被认为是“叛国者”，遭到国际通缉。但无疑，马克·里奇是幸运的，2001年1月，当比尔·克林顿总统 在位的最后一天他终于得到赦免。这一切就构成了世人眼中的马克·里奇。他永远都不褪色的一生充满了神秘的传奇色彩。
На Ближнем Востоке политические угрозы редко приносят результат. Хиллари Клинтон говорит, что США намерены ввести против Ирана «действенные санкции». С тем же успехом она могла бы сказать иранцам, что они их накажут и поставят в угол.
Марк Рич встречается с Че Геварой, подкупает продажных чиновников – и не жалеет ни о чем: рецензия на книгу «Король нефти: секретная жизнь Марка Рича» (“The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich”, St. Martin’s Press)
Hillary Clinton telling Iran that the US is looking for sanctions that bite is like telling them they’re going to be grounded and cannot go outside. Sanctions don’t work as far as political threats are concerned in the Middle East – at best they are “hit or miss.” And as reported in Daniel Ammann’s new book, The…
Think Sanctions Will Work? Oil Trader Marc Rich Made A Fortune Off Them Before Bill Clinton Pardoned Him.
《石油之王》独家讲述了瑞士嘉能可公司创始人马克·里奇的传奇人生。瑞士嘉能可公司是世界上最大的大宗商品和原材料供应商之一，也是最大的私人企业之一。这本传记讲述了马克·里奇许多传奇往事，描述了一个从大屠杀中逃生的儿童，如何成长为20世纪最富有的大宗商品交易商的权势人生。书中深刻描写了他的经商之道、个人生活以及他与以色列情报机关摩萨德的合作等鲜为人知的细节。 美国媒体称本书为“媒体炸弹”、“当今五大最热门传记作品”或“心理惊悚片”。里奇低调寡言，二十几年来甚至不允许媒体刊登他的照片。本书是首次披露这个神秘亿万富豪与阿亚图拉·霍梅尼当权时期的伊朗、菲德尔·卡斯特罗统治的古巴、饱受战争蹂躏的安哥拉以及推行种族隔离政策的南非等国家进行石油交易时所不为人知的幕后故事。 马克·里奇在书中讲述了他的投资之道，他对石油和大宗商品市场未来发展的看法，以及他在中国的生意经和对中国贸易政策的支持。 閱讀全文: Marc_Rich_cn_110309
#937 Marc Rich Net Worth: $1.0 bil Fortune: Self Made Source: commodities Age: 75 Country Of Citizenship: United States Residence: Meggen Education: New York U, Drop Out Marital Status: Divorced, 2 children NYU dropout started career in mail room of Philipp Brothers in 1954. With long-term partner Pincus Green, built Phibro into world’s largest trader…
Dans la matinée du 20 janvier 2001, juste avant de quitter définitivement la Maison Blanche, le président Bill Clinton annonça avoir mis un terme définitif aux procédures judiciaires engagées depuis 18 ans contre le trader Marc Rich et qui avaient fait de lui un proscrit dans son propre pays. En langage juridique, américain, on appelle…
Willy Strothotte ist heute in der Schweiz weitgehend unbekannt. Das ist kein Zufall. Wer aber ist der Nachfolger des legendären Rohstoffhändlers Marc Rich, dessen Konzern Glencore mit der gewollten Intransparenz allmählich ein Problem bekommt?
Digging deep into the world of commodities trading was no easy task for Swiss-based author Daniel Ammann and his latest biography. “The King of Oil” is an exclusive, no-holds barred biography of billionaire commodities trader, former fugitive and founder of the trading giant that became Glencore, Marc Rich. Ammann, who was raised in…
The Barrel Marc Rich has finally spoken. He’s spoken a lot, apparently, to Daniel Ammann, and even took a picture with him. That in itself is newsworthy, because The King of Oil, as the title of the book written by Ammann describes Rich, has talked very little over the years.
Marc Rich: Billionaire businessman and philanthropist, or crook? Most loyal of men, or traitor? This book won’t tell you, but it will leave you well informed about the most enigmatic of men.
《石油之王:马克·里奇的秘密人生》内容简介：他创设了原油现货交易市场，是20世纪最具争议的国际商人，被业界称为“石油之王”；他因获得比尔·克林顿 总统的赦免而名噪一时，也因司法部长埃里克·霍尔德主持的听证会而再次成为媒体的焦点；他就是身家过亿的富商——马克·里奇。作为首部有关马克·里奇的采 访手记，《石油之王:马克·里奇的秘密人生》的问世必将成为各大报刊的头版头条新闻。书中披露了他的许多鲜为人知的往事，由儿时从大屠杀中逃脱的惊险故 事，一直写到他成为20世纪最为富有且最有权势的石油等大宗商品交易商的人生历程。书中描写了他的个人生活（包括被判支付妻子丹妮丝高达3.65亿美元的 离婚案）；他创设原油现货交易市场的过程——这不仅为他个人带来了财富，同时也改变了世界经济；他与阿亚图拉·霍梅尼当权的伊朗、菲德尔·卡斯特罗统治的 古巴、饱受战争蹂躏的安哥拉以及推行种族隔离政策的南非等国家进行石油交易时不为人知的幕后故事；他与以色列政府和美国政府之间的秘密合作（即使在鲁迪· 朱利亚尼指控他犯有逃税罪之后）；以及美国特工试图对他进行非法绑架的秘闻隐情。从早期的从商岁月直至今日，马克·里奇的整个故事引人入胜，让人惊叹。
Frá árinu 1940 og fram til 1970 var verð á tunnu af hráolíu á bilinu 2 – 3 USD. Verð breyttust lítið þótt sveiflur kæmu fram öðru hvoru þegar heimsmálin voru í óvissu. Markaðurinn á þessum tíma var í ástandi sem kallað er „oligapoly“ þar sem hinar sjö systur svokölluðu (Chevron, Esso, Shell, Texaco, BP,…
Die USA bereiten schärfere Sanktionen gegen Iran vor. Nun zieht sich der Rohstoffhändler Glencore aus dem Iran-Geschäft zurück. Die Firma Vitol in Genf will vorerst weiter geschäften.
The arrest of Roman Polanski by the Swiss government — and I say this without any sarcasm — is becoming more and more a model case for international legal cooperation. Polanski’s recent request to be sentenced in absentia is just more proof of that. It is safe to say that the film director showed a…
商品取引のトレーダー、マーク・リッチ氏は、自分が「悪魔」と呼ばれてきたことを認めている。しかしスイス人ジャーナリスト、ダニエル・アマン氏の新刊本は、この億万長者を聖人とも罪人とも描いてはいない。 アマン氏は『ザ・キング・オブ・オイル ( The King of Oil ) 』の執筆にあたり、リッチ氏に長時間の取材を行った。イスラエルとイランが通商関係を結ぶことなど考えられなかった時代に、両国による石油パイプラインの 合弁事業を成功させたのは、リッチ氏の偉業の一つだとアマン氏は語る。 ルツェルン湖のほとりに住む74歳のリッチ氏はこれまでずっと疑惑の人物だった。そして確かに彼は、 いつも公明正大な立場にあったわけではない。イランとの不法取引や脱税容疑でアメリカ政府から告訴されていたリッチ氏は、逮捕を恐れアメリカへ1度も戻っ ていない。互いに商関係を持つことを拒む相手同氏を結びつけたリッチ氏は、多く人々の驚きといら立ちの中、ビル・クリントン大統領から任期最後の日に恩赦 を獲得した。
Published in the United States last month, the biography of the legendary trader Marc Rich (Daniel Ammann, The King of Oil, published by St. Martin’s Press) could be read as a Who’s Who in African oil. Names such as Jacques Hachuel and Alexander Hackel crop up as well as that of a mysterious “Monsieur Ndolo.”…
Parue le mois dernier aux Etats-Unis, la biographie du légendaire trader Marc Rich (Daniel Ammann,The King of Oil, St. Martin’s Press) se lit comme un Who’s Who du pétrole africain. On y retrouve Jacques Hachuel, Alexander Hackel, ainsi que le mystérieux “Monsieur Ndolo”. Derrière ce nom d’emprunt se cachait un trader français qui dirigeait la…
Pour priver l’Iran d’essence et l’obliger à négocier sur le dossier nucléaire, les pays occidentaux multiplient les pressions sur les négociants qui l’alimentent en produits pétroliers. Si les Etats-Unis menacent de faire voter une loi, Israël préfère faire jouer ses relations privilégiées avec la principale entreprise de négoce au monde, le suisse Glencore, dont le…
(Belgium) In de biografie The King of Oil schetst de Zwitserse journalist Daniel Ammann een opvallend mild portret van de omstreden Amerikaanse oliehandelaar Marc Rich (75). In de jaren tachtig kreeg Rich, die in Antwerpen werd geboren, de publieke opinie over zich heen toen aanklager Rudolph Giuliani hem beschuldigde van grootschalige belastingontduiking én van illegale…
He’s been called the “King of Oil.” He made hundreds of millions of dollars by foreseeing the surges in oil prices of the 1970s. When the oil market was dominated by a handful of large oil companies (the Seven Sisters), he took them on…and won. He’s an entrepreneur, a billionaire, and at one point in…
To deprive Iran of gasoline and force the country to come to the negotiating table regarding its nuclear program, Western nations are turning up the heat on traders who supply Tehran with oil products. While the United States is threatening to adopt a new sanctions bill, Israel is clearly preferring to use its special relations…
Marc Rich nennt die Ehe mit Gisela Rossi in einem Buch (The King of Oil) seinen zweitgrössten Fehler. Beim Lunch im Chalet in St. Moritz zeigt der Milliardär nun Reue.
Ludwig von Mises Institute To hear author Daniel Ammann tell the story, Marc Rich was run out of the United States. If his thesis is correct, President Clinton’s pardon of Rich (and Pinkus Green for that matter) should have been just the beginning of an apology the size of which could be immeasurable. At the…
On se souvient d une grâce présidentielle qui fit scandale le 20 janvier 2001, dernier jour de sa présidence. Bill Clinton amnistia Marc Rich le plus grand trader en pétrole de l’histoire (entre 1963 et 1993 il assura de 60 à 80 des besoins en pétrole d Israël). Dans cette biographie passionnante The King of…
Marc Rich, the world’s most powerful oil trader who had systematically avoided reporters and had given his last interview over twenty years ago, finally opened up about his businesses and his private life.
The Swiss trading company “Glencore” is cooperating with Israel and reducing oil supplies to Iran while continuing to ship to Israel in order to force Iran to negotiate over its nuclear program, according to the Paris-based Intelligence Online newsletter. “Although it doesn’t hesitate to deal with countries even more isolated than Iran, Glencore appears to…
Der Rohstoffhändler Marc Rich wird als Inbegriff des Bösen bezeichnet. Die Biografie des Schweizer Journalisten Daniel Ammann “The King of oil” zeigt den Milliardär weder als Heiligen noch als Sünder. In der Biografie von Daniel Ammann spricht Marc Rich erstmals ausführlich über sein Leben.
(Sunday Magazine of ABC, one of Spain’s largest newspapers, 5.12.2009) Buscado por el FBI en los ochenta, ha colaborado con la CIA y el Mossad, ha hecho negocios con el Irán de Jomeini, con el Chile de pinochet, con la Sudáfrica del Apartheid… Bussines is bussines. Tanto que llegó a desafiar a las siete grandes…
More than 25 years since his flight from US prosecution, Marc Rich has chosen to finally tell all in this extraordinary book by Swiss journalist Daniel Ammann. Through interviews with Rich himself and many that knew or worked with him during his career, Ammann presents a warts-and-all story of the life of Rich.
The Independent (South Africa), Nov 20, 2009 By Fiona Forde Daniel Ammann had been knocking on Marc Rich’s door for more than seven years, but the notorious billionaire fugitive financier refused to budge. “I used to write. Then send faxes and emails, a few times a year,” the 45-year-old Swiss business journalist recalls, but the…
Daniel Ammann is the author of The King of Oil: the Secret Lives of Marc Rich and business editor of Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche. Kieran Leahy spoke to him about the subject of his book.
O negociante e financista Marc Rich admite ser visto por muitos como o “diabo”, mas agora o novo livro de um jornalista suíço descreve o bilionário nem como santo nem como pecador. Daniel Amman, que entrevistou Rich horas a fiô para o seu livro – “O Rei do Petróleo” – conta à swissinfo como Rich…
Marc Rich Meets Che, Bribes Thugs, Regrets Nothing Review by A. Craig Copetas Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — Long ago, in the courtrooms of ancient Athens, hubris was a crime and judges weren’t shy about convicting. Sometimes the penalty was left in the hands of a higher authority. “After hubris,” the saying went, “comes Nemesis,” the…
The fugitive financier’s biographer talks to Allan Dodds Frank about Rich’s global commodities empire, his connection to U.S. intelligence, and how he bribed world leaders. Everyone has a favorite fugitive. Hollywood loves Roman Polanski; the Taliban worship Osama bin Laden. For me and dozens of other reporters who have intermittently chased Marc Rich over the…
Marc Rich a longtemps régné sur le négoce des matières premières, entre intrigues et géopolitique. Son livre de confidences ressemble à un thriller. The Kin g of Oil Marc Roche, Le Monde (October 29, 2009) Mille légendes ont couru sur Marc Rich, le plus grand trader en pétrole de l’histoire. En effet, nul…
Commodity trader Marc Rich admits he’s been painted as a “devil”, but a new book by a Swiss journalist describes the billionaire as neither saint nor sinner. Daniel Ammann, who interviewed Rich extensively for his book, The King of Oil, told swissinfo.ch how an oil pipeline through Israel – a joint venture between Iran and…
October 16, 2009 By JAD MOUAWAD – Marc Rich, the former fugitive oil trader long criticized for his business ties to nations like Iran, South Africa and Cuba, has acknowledged in a new book that his dealings with those nations were more extensive than previously disclosed. In more than 30 hours of conversations with…
T With so many books in the stores, we’re often asked for recommendations. Here’s a list of recent nonfiction books. “The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich” by Daniel Ammann. Published by St. Martin’s Press. This biography, written with the cooperation of the infamous multibillionaire commodity trader Marc Rich, is a briskly…
Die Bilanz, Switzerland’s leading Business Magazine, names The King of Oil – The Secret Lives of Marc Rich one of the best English language Business Books of recent months. Overall score: 9 (out of 10).
(South Africa, November 1, 2009) The King of Oil Marc Rich, the international oil dealer once wanted in the US for trading with the enemy until pardoned by President Bill Clinton, secretly satisfied nearly all of apartheid South Africa’s oil demands for more than a decade in spite of international oil embargoes, and then continued…
(South Africa, November 1, 2009) The King of Oil Marc Rich, an international oil dealer once wanted in the US for trading with the enemy until pardoned by US president Bill Clinton, secretly provided nearly all of apartheid South Africa’s oil demands for more than a decade despite international embargoes, says a new book. By…
Taylor Conant, EconomicPolicyJournal.com, Nov 1, 2009 The popular telling of the myth of the crimes of Marc Rich almost perfectly captures the modern American zeitgeist– a businessman, the most evil and exploitative kind of villain that can plague a nation of honest and earnest people, sought to earn a profit via oil trades with the…
“Marc Rich s’est rendu compte que le temps pressait pour donner sa version des faits après des décennies de silence. S’il reconnaît qu’ignorer les médias a été une erreur, il n’a jamais fait preuve du moindre remords lors de nos rencontres”, insiste le journaliste suisse Daniel Ammann, choisi comme confesseur par le trader.
Marc Rich, the billionaire financier infamously pardoned by Bill Clinton, says he’s never returning to the United States. Rich fled to Switzerland in the 1980s after charges of tax evasion and claims it’s still not safe to set foot in this country. U.S. authorities “would look for some excuse to apprehend me,” Rich says in…
October 24, 2009 (Biggest French Language Swiss Daily) Un ouvrage du journaliste alémanique Daniel Ammann revient sur la vie de Marc Rich. L’homme d’affaires établi à Zoug y raconte son épopée qui va de l’Iran sous Khomeiny à Cuba de Fidel Castro.
Wie im Fall Polanski hätte die Schweiz den USA Hand geboten für die Auslieferung des Rohstoffhändlers Marc Rich. Warum es nicht dazu kam, enthüllt ein neues Buch.
October 11, 2009 President Clinton set off a furor by granting him a pardon. But, even after 26 years in exile, billionaire Marc Rich vows he will “never” set foot in America again. Rich, who fled to Switzerland rather than face prosecution for tax evasion and trading with the enemy, says in a new bio…
Diario Financiero (Chile), Oct 19, 2009 Durante casi dos décadas, Marc Rich, el multimillonario operador del mercado de commodities y considerado el creador del mercado spot del petróleo, fue el fugitivo de cuello y corbata más buscado de Estados Unidos. Su historia de engaños e impunidad cobra un especial interés hoy, cuando los altos ejecutivos…
By Steve LeVine*, October 16, 2009 John Deuss lived a heady 1980s. This Dutchman of proverbial humble roots in the eastern Netherlands city of Nijmegen became worth hundreds of millions of dollars by ignoring a United Nations boycott and shipping Middle East oil to South Africa.
A NEW READ ON JEWISH LIFE The United States offers at least as much to those who crave profits as it does to those who follow prophets. Marc Rich falls into the former camp: born in Belgium, he arrived in New York in 1942 with his parents at the age of eight, and soon set…
Sie versetzen Berge und bewegen die Preise an den Rohstoffmärkten der Welt. Die Manager von Glencore sind berüchtigt wegen ihrer Geschäftsmethoden. Das geheimnisvolle Handelshaus ist der größte Schweizer Konzern
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich. Ammann, Daniel (author). Oct. 2009. 320p. illus. hardcover, $26.99 (9780312570743). 381. REVIEW. Marc Rich came to the U.S. as a poor Jewish Holocaust refugee and became one of the world’s richest and most powerful commodities traders, single-handedly breaking the lock on the oil market held…
Ammann, Daniel. The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich. St. Martin’s. Oct. 2009. c.320p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-312-57074-3. $26.99. BUS Swiss journalist Ammann surely got the scoop of his career when notorious commodities trader Marc Rich agreed to meet with him, which resulted in this remarkable book. Rich fled to Switzerland in…
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich Daniel Ammann. St. Martin’s. $26.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-57074-3 An empathetic look at the notorious Marc Rich, one of the most successful and controversial commodities traders in recent history and a key figure in the invention of the spot market. With unparalleled access to Rich, his…
MUST READ: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich EconomicPolicyJournal.com Okay, we have a must read book in September, Ron Paul’s End the Fed. It’s due out September 16. Now comes word that, in October, an authorized biography of Marc Rich is due out, The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
U.S. law takes precedence: thanks to this principle and massive financial penalties, the United States has also forced Marc Rich on his knees. The American oil dealer Marc Rich, living in Zug, got into the crosshairs of the U.S. authorities in the beginning of the eighties. The United States accused him of profiting from untaxed…
Lehrstück für den Umgang mit den USA Die USA missachten die Souveränität der Schweiz und handeln völkerrechtswidrig, wenn sie die UBS zwingen, Kundendaten herauszurücken. Der Bundesrat muss die Lehren aus dem Fall Marc Rich ziehen – und hart bleiben.
Wie die USA den Ölhändler Marc Rich weichklopften Das US-Recht geht vor: Dank diesem Prinzip und massiven finanziellen Sanktionen zwangen die USA einst auch Marc Rich in die Knie. Der in Zug ansässige US-amerikanische Ölhändler Marc Rich geriet anfangs der Achtzigerjahre ins Fadenkreuz der US-Behörden. Die USA warfen ihm vor, er habe über seine Schweizer…