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Marc Rich

1934 - 2013

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Marc Rich (born Marcell David Reich; December 18, 1934 – June 26, 2013) was an international commodities trader, financier, and businessman. He founded the commodities company Glencore, and was later indicted in the United States on federal charges of tax evasion, wire fraud, racketeering, and making oil deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis. He fled to Switzerland at the time of the indictment and never returned to the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marc Rich has received more than 2,087,925 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Marc Rich is the 301st most popular businessperson (down from 249th in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 288th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Marc Rich ranks 301 out of 847. Before him are John DeLorean, Silvio Santos, Mikimoto Kōkichi, Arthur Guinness, Douglas Tompkins, and Frits Philips. After him are Paul Castellano, Ida Straus, Edward Cave, François Coty, Daniel Peter, and Gerard Philips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Marc Rich ranks 176. Before him are Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Bernard Chiarelli, Frankie Valli, Boris Volynov, Anna Maria Ferrero, and Harlan Ellison. After him are Pierre Barouh, Lau Kar-leung, Eddie Fenech Adami, Gino Paoli, Del Shannon, and Frans Brüggen. Among people deceased in 2013, Marc Rich ranks 168. Before him are Georges Descrières, Jean Vincent, Eero Mäntyranta, Patti Page, Tom Sharpe, and Francis Hong Yong-ho. After him are Armando Trovajoli, Jeff Hanneman, Yury Yakovlev, Julie Harris, Tony Musante, and Lau Kar-leung.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Marc Rich ranks 380 out of 1,190. Before him are José van Dam (1940), Hubert Van Innis (1866), Aelbrecht Bouts (1450), Franciscus Gomarus (1563), Dirk II, Count of Holland (901), and Freddy Maertens (1952). After him are Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607), François de Cuvilliés (1695), Jan Wildens (1586), Joris Hoefnagel (1542), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), and Sœur Emmanuelle (1908).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Belgium

Among businesspeople born in Belgium, Marc Rich ranks 3. Before him are Theodor de Bry (1528), and John Langenus (1891).

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