The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich - Couverture rigide

Ammann, Daniel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0312570740 ISBN 13 : 9780312570743

Editeur : St Martins Pr, 2009

Synopsis

The King of Oil Billionaire oil trader Marc Rich talks at length about his private life; his invention of the spot oil market which made his fortune and changed the world economy; his lucrative dealings with Iran, Cuba, and South Africa; and near-comical attempts by U.S. officials to kidnap him illegally. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Billionaire oil trader Marc Rich for the first time talks at length about his private life (including his expensive divorce from wife Denise); his invention of the spot oil market, which made his fortune and changed the world economy; his lucrative and unpublicized dealings with Ayatollah Khomeini s Iran, Fidel Castro s Cuba, war-ravaged Angola, and apartheid South Africa; his quiet cooperation with the Israeli and U.S. governments (even after he was indicted for tax fraud by Rudy Guiliani) and near-comical attempts by U.S. officials to kidnap him illegally.

This sure-to-make-headlines book is the first no-holds-barred biography of Rich, who was famously pardoned by Bill Clinton, and resurfaced in the news during the confirmation hearings of Attorney General Eric Holder. It sheds stunning new light on one of the most controversial international businessmen of all time.

Biographie de l'auteur

Daniel Ammann is business editor of the highly regarded Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche . He was educated at Zurich University, UC Berkeley and Fondation Postuniversitaire Internationale in Paris. In 2007 he won the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Business Journalism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martins Pr
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312570740
• ISBN 13: 9780312570743
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 302
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible