Obituary of claude dauphin, billionaire cofounder of trafigura. Trafigura project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. The company has 81 offices in 54 countries across the world. Claude dauphin 64 has been a leading figure in the global commodities trading industry for more than three decades. His father was maurice etienne legrand, a poet who wrote as francnohain, and who was the librettist for maurice ravels opera lheure espagnole. They were accused of dumping toxic waste near the countrys largest city, abidjan, which had poisoned thousands of people. F news, march 26 reuters for decades, trafigura s cofounder and chief executive officer claude dauphin was the epitome of the successful commodity trader, a demanding workaholic who traveled to harsh frontiers in search of raw materials to sell at a profit. Led for more than two decades by its charismatic cofounder, a dapper, harddriving frenchman named claude dauphin, the company embodied commodities trading of the oldschool, takenoprisoners style. Trafigura accused of bribing witnesses in ivory coast. Dauphin learned at the knee of industry godfather marc rich, the onetime fugitive from u. Claude dauphin, the trading veteran who built trafigura beheer b.
Claude dauphin was born in houlgate in the calvados region of normandy on 10th june 1951. Claude dauphin, commodities billionaire obituary telegraph. Claude dauphin 19512015, french billionaire businessman, and executive chairman of trafigura beheer bv, his net wealth was estimated at 1 billion by forbes in 20. Trafigura is exclusively owned by its management and active employees, who are therefore focused on the longterm success of the business, promoting management depth and stability, and encouraging prudent risk management. Update 2trafigura founder, commodity trade giant claude. Dauphin county, pa 17 19th and early 20th century books. Claude dauphin businessman simple english wikipedia. Claude dauphin, who has died aged 64, was the founder chairman and chief executive of trafigura, one of the worlds largest and most. Leadership and governance our financial year began under the shadow of the sad passing of our founder and chairman claude dauphin, so a big focus for the trafigura group during the period was ensuring a. Oct 09, 2015 again, rumors of collateral calls are spreading. Trading nymphs stock trading diary about the nymphjargon. In addition to being one of the companys founding partners, dauphin had previously served as trafiguras chairman and ceo. Claude dauphin, the founder and executive chairman of trafigura died at the age of 64 at a hospital in bogota, colombia after a hardfought battle with cancer, according to the company. In addition to being one of the companys founding partners, dauphin had previously served as trafigura s chairman and ceo.
Looney v trafigura beheer bv england and wales high court chancery division 1 feb, 2011 1 feb, 2011. Claude dauphin, the company embodied commodities trading of the oldschool, takenoprisoners style. Claude dauphin 19 august 1903 16 november 1978 was a french actor. Dauphin county, pa 17 19th and early 20th century books describing its people, history and culture tha new media llc on. However, trafigura does concede that it has been in touch with the drivers and that they were paid a sum of 2,300 euros in april of this year. Claude dauphin, the powerful and influential oil and metals trader who built trafigura into one of the worlds biggest commodity players, died on wednesday after a battle with cancer. Claude dauphin, who is in charge of trafigura, avoided a personal court case through a settlement in which he agreed to pay a 67,000 fine. A pipeline audit can surface trends and reveals gaps that help leaders make informed process decisions. Trafigura beheer bv was established as a private group of companies in. Glencores rivals salivate over antitrust offer financial times. Claude dauphin, executive chairman and founding partner executive chairmans statement strong performance in dynamic markets overview trafigura interim report 2015 01 overview 4. His success, however, was overshadowed when trafigura hit the headlines in 2006 over a dispute involving the alleged dumping of toxic waste. Claude dauphin, the president of the dutch company trafigura, had been seized with another executive in the african state.
Pincus green born 1934 is an american oil and gas commodities trader. Claude dauphin 19031978, french actor who appeared in more than films between 1930 and 1978. It split off from a group of companies run by marc rich. Oct 14, 2009 cd claude dauphin, the ceo of trafigura, nixes plans to dispose of the waste in nigeria.
Websters bibliographic and eventbased timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics. Trafigura claude dauphin, jeremy weir and board press photos mike wainwright. This is the story of how one man amassed a fortune buying and selling. Claude dauphin 10 june 1951 30 september 2015 was a french billionaire businessman. The dauphin county, pennsylvania histories book collection is a group of 17 books that detail the history of dauphin county primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Charles claude dauphin, french painter of historical subjects and portraits. Oct 02, 2015 again, rumors of collateral calls are spreading. Websters timeline history, 1702 2001 icon group international on. Hannah wrote that in the seventh century it was the monks who possessed the skill, capital, organization, and faith in the future to undertake. Claude dauphin 10 june 1951 30 september 2015 was a french billionaire businessman and executive chairman of trafigura beheer bv, a company specialising in commodity trading oil, metals, ores.
The important moments that took place in his personal life and the historical events that influenced his creative works. Trafigura accused of bribing witnesses in ivory coast toxic. In its first year of business trafigura set up a profitable oil trading book and won oil contracts in argentina. Top ten global oil and commodities traders telegraph. Media in category claude dauphin businessman the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Claude dauphin, the powerful and influential oil and metals trader who. Trafiguras management board also includes mr mike wainwright mr wainwright, the chief operational officer, mr pierre lorinet mr lorinet, the chief financial officer, mr frank runge mr runge and mr jose. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. Dauphin decided to dump it in the ivory coast in a way that wont be traced back to trafigura. Claude dauphin, who has died aged 64, was the founder chairman and chief executive of trafigura, one of the worlds largest and most controversial commodity trading businesses. Trafigura beheer bv was established as a private group of companies in 1993 by six founding partners. The cvs of both men read like a history book of the past two decades in the oil trading industry. Trafiguras founder and executive chairman, claude dauphin, passed away yesterday in a hospital in bogota, colombia after a hardfought battle with cancer, the company said. The purpose of this web site is to collect and assemble in one location, all material of historic value on the subject of dauphin island, alabama.
Claude dauphin businessman simple english wikipedia, the. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover charlottes connections and jobs at similar companies. He appeared in more than films between 1930 and 1978. View charlotte dauphins profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Looney v trafigura beheer bv 2011 ewhc 125 ch england. He attended the secondary school in bayeux, ecole st laurent, where by his own account he was a nonconformist pupil, leaving at the age of 16 to join. Two french managers of the swissbased multinational.
But there is something else happening at trafigura, the founder and largest shareholderand one of the original rich boys, claude dauphin, turned up dead on september 30th the last day of the 3rd quarter in bogota, columbia. In naming his successor, the 63yearold frenchman is. Last year, dauphin was diagnosed with cancer and sought medical treatment. Jeremy weir born 1964 is an australian businessman, the ceo of trafigura since march 2014, when he succeeded claude dauphin early life. Trafigura details more of claude dauphins past financial times. Chief executives statement favourable conditions and successful execution the first half of our 2015 financial year marked a further advance in the. Chief executives statement favourable conditions and successful execution the first half of our 2015 financial year marked a further advance in the trafigura. Oil trader trafigura rebuilds reputation while making billions. Pincus green born 1934 is an american oil and gas commodities trader contents. Leadership and governance our financial year began under the shadow of the sad passing of our founder and chairman claude dauphin, so a big focus for the trafigura group during the period was ensuring a successful management transition. He founded trafigura together with five partners in 1993, and as chairman and ceo built the company into its current position as one of the worlds leading traders of oil, metals and minerals.
Cd claude dauphin, the ceo of trafigura, nixes plans to dispose of the waste in nigeria. Dauphin owned around 20 percent of trafigura, which has a book. Either way, the deal was clearly important enough that trafiguras late founder and former main shareholder, claude dauphin,8 sat on the board of the dt group together with the general. Written as if the year is actually 415 bc, the book provides a wide range of information on life in athens of the classical period. Nov 05, 2015 claude dauphin, executive chairman and founding partner executive chairmans statement strong performance in dynamic markets overview trafigura interim report 2015 01 overview 4. Trafigura s founder and executive chairman, claude dauphin, passed away yesterday in a hospital in bogota, colombia after a hardfought battle with cancer, the company said. Chairman and ceo of commodities giant trafigura beheer bv, claude dauphin, joins the billionaire ranks with an estimated net worth of at.
The organization of this archive is nonprofit, nonaligned to any one organization or group, and certainly is nonpolitical. Charlotte dauphin project manager trafigura linkedin. Further, i do not consider that the kla program had any significant impact on the development of trafitalent. Riding glencore wave, commodity trader claude dauphin. Trafigura s contract with mr looney allowed for no more than 25 attendees.
If you are into history channels documentaries about ancient civilizations and fond of time travel, this is a book you will enjoy. Claude dauphin, the founder and executive chairman of trafigura died at the age of 64 at a hospital in bogota, colombia after a hardfought. The trafigura employees claude dauphin, jeanpierre valentini. Trafigura barely managed to make it to where it is today. Dec 07, 2016 trafigura interim report 2016 03 overview 6. He has a bachelors degree in geology from the university of melbourne, australia career. Claude dauphin 1951 september 30, 2015 was a french billionaire businessman, and executive chairman of trafigura beheer bv. F news, march 26 reuters for decades, trafiguras cofounder and chief executive officer claude dauphin was the epitome of the successful commodity trader, a demanding workaholic who traveled to harsh frontiers in search of raw materials to sell at a profit. Ariens fund of the community foundation for the fox valley region, evjue foundation, the charitable arm of. Trafiguras revenues rose from less than usd 10bn in 2001 to well over 12 times that a decade later, with net profits and shareholder. Two french managers of the swissbased multinational trafigura, which chartered the probo koala vessel that offloaded toxic waste in midaugust in ivory coast, claude dauphin l and jeanpierre valentin, are escorted 16 november 2006 at the abidjan jail. Trafigura founder, commodity trade giant claude dauphin.
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