Mark Rich - The Godfather of the Commodity Trading Industry

Markerich er started out at a company called philit brothers, which was the biggest commodity trader of its day in the 19 forties and fifties. In 19 74, he set out on on and started mark richandco,. And very soon became the world's largest oil trader. He tried to corner the zinc market, to bup all the world's supply of zinc and squeeze the price higher. His appetite for risk was more than phillip brothers' bosses could handle. The book shows exactly the amount of power these traders had round the world, but also said, of em, the lack of accountability. They could make as much difference as any democratically elected government