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The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich

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Description for The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780312650681
SKU
V9780312650681
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About Daniel Ammann
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.

Reviews for The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
"It's a psychological thriller, each page percolating with the triumphant darkness that is Marc David Rich."
Bloomberg News "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 family and associates, ... Read more

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