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Erik Prince

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Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, investor, and former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, and the founder of the private military company Blackwater. He served as Blackwater's CEO until 2009 and as its chairman until its sale to a group of investors in 2010. Prince heads the private equity firm Frontier Resource Group and was chairman of the Hong Kong-listed Frontier Services Group until 2021. Prince is the son of engineer and businessman Edgar Prince, and the brother of former U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik Prince has received more than 4,982,836 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Prince is the 787th most popular businessperson (down from 642nd in 2019), the 15,110th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,726th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Erik Prince ranks 787 out of 847. Before him are Evan Spiegel, Zeev Suraski, Esther Dyson, Glenn Beck, Fife Symington, and Babak Zanjani. After him are Steve King, Vinod Khosla, Indu Jain, Donald Carcieri, Biz Stone, and Joel Spolsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Erik Prince ranks 736. Before him are Andreas Reinke, Byron Black, Simona Păucă, Ronny Weller, Rachel Hunter, and Lisa Nicole Carson. After him are Jesse L. Martin, James Dean Bradfield, Amy Landecker, Juan Manuel López, Sergio Daniel Martínez, and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erik Prince ranks 15,110 out of 20,380. Before him are Lisa Nicole Carson (1969), Letitia James (1958), Patrick Mahomes (1995), Julia Campbell (1962), Willis R. Whitney (1868), and Brendan O'Brien (1960). After him are Logan Henderson (1989), Solange Knowles (1986), John Danforth (1936), Kathy Ireland (1963), Jermaine Stewart (1957), and Carl Hiaasen (1953).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Erik Prince ranks 283. Before him are Olivia Palermo (1986), Roger Goodell (1959), Michael Everson (1963), Evan Spiegel (1990), Glenn Beck (1964), and Fife Symington (1945). After him are Steve King (1949), Donald Carcieri (1942), Biz Stone (1974), Joel Spolsky (1965), Jack Abramoff (1959), and Mike Lindell (1961).

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