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It’s too late to get a job at Glencore now, but in case you’re wondering who those billionaires are and what they did to arrive in a situation of such extreme wealth, here’s where they went to school and what they’ve done since.
Ivan Glasenberg, 54
Fortune: 15.8% of Glencore, worth 6bn
Nationality: Swiss (since December 2010)
Professional experience: Joined Glencore in 1984
Education: Bachelor in Accountancy of Witwatersand University (South Africa) and MBA of the University of Southern California
Daniel Francisco Mate Badenes, 47
Fortune: 6% of Glencore, worth 2.2bn
Nationality: Spanish
Education: Degree in economics and law from Universidad Comercial de Deusto in Bilbao (Spain)
Professional experience: Joined Glencore in 1988
Aristotelis Mistakidis, 49
Fortune: 6% of Glencore, worth 2.2bn
Nationality: British
Education: Bachelor in Economics from London School of Economics
Professional experience: Joined Glencore in 1993, worked for six years at Cargill
Tor Peterson, 46
Fortune: 5.3% of Glencore, worth 1.9bn billion pounds
Nationality: US
Education: Political Science and French at Duke University
Professional experience: Joined Glencore in 1992, worked for five years for Phibro-Salomon
Alex Beard, 43
Fortune: 4.6% of Glencore, worth 1.7bn
Nationality: British
Education: Degree in Chemistry form Oxford University
Professional experience: Joined Glencore in 1995, worked for five years for BP
What was Glasenberg before he turned Swiss ? Was that timed just before the Glencore floatation ?
I believe Glasenberg was Glaswegian.
Glaswegian? No, he’s South African, from Jo’berg.
South African
It’s strategic smarts and persistence that seem to count the most, but our generation is driven to get multiple qualifications in order to get ahead in the career path, rather than the entrepreneurial one.
I think you’ll find he was in fact Glaswegian, though he did spent a substantial portion of his early life in South Africa, granted.
It just goes to show that staying put often beats moving around alot. I’ve always got itchy feet after a couple of years and my careers is well and truly up the swanny.
It’s strategic smarts and persistence that seem to count the most, but our generation is driven to get multiple qualifications in order to get ahead in the career path, rather than the entrepreneurial one.
Exceltasks.com guy 27 mins ago
spot on…sadly
@ JS – Fail.
you’ve forgotten the main guy;
Ameen Bellkaj, 21
Fortune: 19.7% of Glencore, worth 8.6bn
Nationality: Saudi (Prince of Jumirahi Islands)
Professional experience: Joined Glencore in 1998
Education: 5 GCSES’s @ grade B
@ Michael Moore, dont forget the russians and iranian staff
telis mistakidis is Greek
Can i have a job with Glencore please?