Trafigura
Trafigura is a global commodities trading group.[1]
History
According to the Guardian, Trafigura split in 1993 from a group of companies controlled by Marc Rich. Founders included Graham Sharp, Claude Dauphin, and Eric de Turckheim.[2]
The Marc Rich Group has stated:
- Trafigura does not belong to Marc Rich and never did. The original founders and some of the current owners of Trafigura once worked for the Marc Rich Group. However, Trafigura was formed without help or finance from the Marc Rich Group, and there is no business relationship between the two companies.[3]
Corporate Structure
Subsidiaries
- Trading - 100 per cent owned.
- Shipping and chartering - 100 per cent owned.
- Puma Energy - 62 per cent owned.
- Impala Warehousing and Logistics - 100 per cent owned.
- Mining Group - 100 per cent owned.
- DT Group - 50 per cent owned.
- Galena Asset Management - 100 per cent owned.[4]
Connections
- Trafigura Foundation
- Bell Pottinger - public relations.[2]
Notes
- ↑ About Us, Trafigura, accessed 4 April 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 David Leigh, Inside Trafigura: Accusations, sour deals and friends in high places, The Guardian, 16 September 2009.
- ↑ FAQ, The Marc Rich Group, accesssed 4 September 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Our Structure, Trafigura, accessed 4 September 2013.