Claude Dauphin (businessman)

Claude Dauphin
Born(1951-06-10)10 June 1951
Houlgate, France
Died30 September 2015(2015-09-30) (aged 64)
Bogotá, Colombia
OccupationExecutive chairman of Trafigura Beheer BV
Known forBillionaire commodities trader
Spouse
Catherine
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(m. 1976)​
Children3

Claude Dauphin (10 June 1951 – 30 September 2015) was a French billionaire businessman and executive chairman of Trafigura Beheer BV, a company specialising in commodity trading (oil, metals, ores). He was a founding partner of Trafigura and its CEO for a time.[1] In March 2013, his net wealth was estimated at $1 billion by Forbes.[2] Dauphin died from cancer in a hospital in Bogota at the age of 64[3] after two-years with lung cancer.[4][5]

  1. ^ Kent, Sarah (24 March 2014). "Commodities Trader Trafigura Reshuffles Senior Management". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ Kroll, Luisa; Dolan, Kerry A. (2013). "Claude Dauphin". Forbes. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Claude Dauphin Obituary | Trafigura". www.trafigura.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  4. ^ "Claude Dauphi 1951 – 2015". trafigura.com. 2015-09-30. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  5. ^ "Trafigura founder Claude Dauphin dies". Financial Times. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.