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
executives fully
A lot of deals are done or not done because chief executives are not fully aligned to shareholders.
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.
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.
billion china economies india people
Over two billion people in China and India need commodities to grow their economies and improve their living standards.
cheaply
Why should I build an asset when I can buy it more cheaply than you can build it?
hope major
You're doing a major merger, you got to hope you didn't get it wrong. That's the view of any CEO.
call chase people work
We want people who work for us to be entrepreneurs. We like them to look at ideas. We like them to chase ideas. We like them to not be what I call a caretaker of an asset.