Ivan Glasenberg

Ivan Glasenberg is the chief executive officer of Glencore, one of the world’s largest commodity trading and mining companies. Glasenberg has or had citizenship of South Africa and Australia. He became a Swiss citizen in 2011. He is also on the board of mining company Minara Resources Ltd.

  • Ivan Glasenberg holds the largest individual stake in Glencore, the world’s biggest commodity trader.
  • Glasenberg has been CEO of Glencore since 2002 and announced in December 2018 that he plans to find a successor by the time he is 65.
  • After earning his MBA from the USC, Glasenberg started working as a marketer in the coal department of Marc Rich & Co. in his native South Africa.
  • The company became Glencore in 1994 and went public in 2011.

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