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Background

His background into adulthood is rather unclear. If he is from a working class family originally, how does he go to NYU in the 1950's? Also, the explanation of him becoming a commodities trader, for his father seemed a bit unclear. This part and his escape from Belgium, clearly needs work... Stevenmitchell 16:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How did he get out of Belgium in 1942? Bastie 21:51, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Germany already occupied Belgium by 1942. How did they "emigrate" in 1942? 194.215.75.17

Hearing

Hearing re-aired on C-SPAN3 this weekend

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=164327481

House Committee Presidential Pardons, Part 2 Government Reform and Oversight Washington, District of Columbia (United States) ID: 162914 - 2 - 03/01/2001 - 2:57 - $180.00

     Libby, I. Lewis, Chief of Staff, White House
     Kadzik, Peter, Attorney
     Fink, Jim, Attorney

Attorneys testified about their involvement in obtaining a presidential pardon for financier Marc Rich.

buy a pardon

clinton pardoned him? why? because the wife gave money?

Glencore

Marc Rich did not found Glencore, and therefore it is incorrect to call it his heritage.

in 1993 Marc Rich sold the trading division of the "Marc Rich + Co Holding AG" to the Management (his former partners). They then created Glencore.

Wow, he raised a whole $135,000 for charity? Truly, one of the world's great givers.

Pardon reference

The sentience stating two prominent professors opinion that no crime was committed gave the New York Times as a reference. While this is true, the reader is unaware that the author of the piece was Bill Clinton and not a New York Times reporter.

Scooter Libby

The reference to Scooter Libby acting as Rich's attorney is interesting, coincidental and politically apropos. Is this actually true? Without a reference, it should definitely be pulled.

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The piece isn't clear on the disposition of the charges: Was there a trial? Was he convicted in absentia? What happened?68.79.183.55 01:56, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Private Life

"He is scheduled to receive the same honor from Ben-Gurion University on November 18, 2007." So did he? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.18.82.93 (talk) 19:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

fleeing

the intro says Rich fled while being prosecuted, but later on the article says he was indicted while in Switzerland and never returned. These can't both be right. Anyway, the US doesn't hold trials in absentia so the second version sounds unlikely.

Correct. Rich was never tired or convicted. He and Pincus Green were indicted and were fugitives from the United States but never stood trial nor were they actually convicted as noted in the pardon application itself (which is talked about in this 2001 article). – Lestatdelc (talk) 05:42, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lost 10-15 million

I am sorry. I removed this material and marked the edit summary as unsourced. Her is the citation [1] from this article [2]. It uses an unnamed source? I would leave this out per BLP? Any other takes? Thanks, Tom 00:16, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What about the new book about Rich?

There is a new biography out about Marc Rich: The King of Oil - The Secret Lives of Marc Rich (St. Martin's Press). The New York Times reports that Rich gave more than 30 hours of interviews to the author. Anybody read it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.247.7.127 (talk) 22:25, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Spot oil

It is hard to believe that Marc Rich created the spot oil market at any time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.182.155 (talk) 15:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC) Oil has been traded since 1861, well before the 1970's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.182.155 (talk) 15:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC) See Price of petroleum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.182.155 (talk) 15:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC) There has been some trading in oil since 1859. See www.anaga.ru The Forbes site speaks of 1968, not the 1970's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.147.114.85 (talk) 12:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC) The theory that Marc created the spot oil market has now vanished. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.184.201.103 (talk) 09:46, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the wording from 'created' to 'greatly expanded' to reflect the fact that the spot market has existed since the 19th century, but that Rich used it on an unprecedented large scale.American In Brazil (talk) 15:09, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted the lying spam again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.53.143 (talk) 19:00, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No detail

No details of the imitations of Glencore are given. I want detail. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.184.201.103 (talk) 09:45, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Secret pipeline between Iran and Israel? Is that still there and where? 121.209.56.202 (talk) 02:18, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

Now that he has passed on, it would be an improvement to have his photo. The New York Times and Washington Post obituaries had two photos each. Also, the ´Legacy´section is unclear as to which corporations were successors, or any other business information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by American In Brazil (talk • contribs) 14:28, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting info

"In 1993, his yearly turnover on ex-Soviet territory ran to $ 3 billion, up half a billion over the year before. Only a tenth of this went to Russia and the other ex-Soviet republics." from 'Crime without Frontiers' (The worldwide expansion of organised crime and the Pax Mafiosa) by Claire Sterling, Warner Books 1995, page 257. Referenced to Commersant, March 16, 1993. 121.209.56.202 (talk) 02:28, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]