The Rich Boys refers to an elite circle of oil and mineral trading figures under the tutelage of one-time fugitive financier Marc Rich, as identified in a July, 2005 investigative report by journalist Marcia Vickers for BusinessWeek magazine. Key figures * Ben R. Pollner * Ivan Glasenberg * Patrick Maugein * * , co-indictee of Rich. * Willy Strothotte (via Glencore, Minara, Xstrata). Affiliated companies * Glencore International AG of Switzerland * Minara Resources Ltd of Australia * Trafigura of Switzerland; known for its involvement in the 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste spill. * Marc Rich & Co, predecessor to Glencore. * Zug, Switzerland Masefield Group * Novarco, a White Plains (N.Y.) commodities-trading business established by Rich in 1997; its oil contracts in 2002 to Richmond (Va.)-based Dominion Resources Inc, according to company reports. Shell companies * Rescor Inc * Plasco Shipping
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