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Erik Prince

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Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, 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 4,468,535 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Erik Prince is the 642nd most popular businessperson (down from 581st in 2019), the 12,755th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,124th in 2019) and the 237th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 36.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

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  • 2.08

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  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Erik Prince ranks 642 out of 601Before him are Nita Ambani, Herb Kohl, Cindy McCain, Bill Browder, Zhang Yiming, and Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner. After him are Rick Snyder, Angela Ahrendts, Ameera al-Taweel, Evan Spiegel, Terje Hauge, and Gautam Adani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Erik Prince ranks 564Before him are Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Joan Llaneras, Anatoli Ivanishin, John Tobias, Rick Fox, and Eric Wynalda. After him are Natalia Valeeva, Loren Dean, Taylor St. Claire, Valerio Fiori, Ken Doherty, and Marie Darrieussecq.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erik Prince ranks 12,755 out of 18,182Before him are James S. Voss (1949), Harmony Korine (1973), Eric Wynalda (1969), Frances Langford (1913), Jennifer Lien (1974), and Lyle Talbot (1902). After him are Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), Kristen Schaal (1978), Ashlee Simpson (1984), Kirsten Gillibrand (1966), Billy Ray (2000), and Emily Swallow (1979).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Erik Prince ranks 237Before him are Tory Burch (1966), Billy Mays (1958), Ray Ozzie (1955), Herb Kohl (1935), Cindy McCain (1954), and Bill Browder (1964). After him are Rick Snyder (1958), Angela Ahrendts (1960), Evan Spiegel (1990), Mitch Kapor (1950), Carol Bartz (1948), and John Bryson (1943).