Authors:

  • Geoffery G. Jones

Excerpt

Marc Rich and Global Commodity Trading. Geoffery G. Jones, March 2014, Case. "Examines the career of Marc Rich, the world's leading commodity trader before his criminal indictment in the United States in 1983. The case surveys the historical growth of commodity trading, especially in metals, from the late nineteenth century, and its evolving forms as governments intervened in markets after 1945. Rich joined Philipp Brothers, then the largest commodity trader, in 1954. He formed his own firm two decades later..." May require purchase or user account. Link Verified October 11, 2014