Ivan Glasenberg
Ivan Glasenberg
Ivan Glasenbergis the chief executive officer of Glencore, one of the world's largest commodity trading and mining companies. Glasenberg has or had citizenship of South Africa and Australia. He became a Swiss citizen in 2011. He is also on the boards of mining companies Xstrata plc and Minara Resources Ltd...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth8 January 1957
billion china economies india people
Over two billion people in China and India need commodities to grow their economies and improve their living standards.
hard miss people
Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.
investors left pops proves share table
It's nice to do an IPO where your investors get value straightaway and the share price pops up; it proves you left something on the table for them.
bought easy prove time
It's easy to buy. Prove that you bought at the right time and the right price.
I've said I will be CEO as long as my colleagues want me.
opened
I've never opened a glass of champagne on any acquisition. Bankers do that.
I'm a CEO of a public company. You have to show decorum.
asset great traders
I thought if we could put our hard-working culture as traders into the asset management, it will be a great combination, and we did do that.
executives fully
A lot of deals are done or not done because chief executives are not fully aligned to shareholders.
buying products talking traders
We're talking to every third-party supplier every day of the week, and our traders are talking to them and buying products from them. When we're doing that, we see opportunities which no one else sees.
people
I stopped focusing on people being different, and I started treating everyone the same way.
We always look at opportunities. We are not aggressively looking to buy something.