Rank #1340
Robert Friedland
Net worth $3.2B
Mining · United States
- Born
- Aug 18, 1950
- Age
- 75
- Source
- Mining
- Residence
- Singapore
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Reed College
Net worth over time
Biography
- Robert Friedland is founder and executive cochairman of Toronto-listed Ivanhoe Mines, a leader in the mining and precious metals industry.
- Based in Singapore, Friedland is praised for finding profitable mines in remote areas like Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia.
- A graduate of Reed College, Friedland also funds Ivanhoe Capital, which invests in emerging markets.
- He also has a stake in Australia-listed Clean TeQ Holdings, which supplies cobalt and nickel to lithium-ion battery producers.
- Friedland's Ivanhoe Atlantic, formerly High Power Exploration, plans to invest $5 billion in infrastructure projects in Africa's Liberty Corridor, connecting Guinea to Liberia.
- Friedland's son Govind is a geologist and founder of uranium mining outfit GoviEx Uranium.
- Friedland owns Ivanhoe Pictures, a production company that merged with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment to form SK Global.
- His Canada-based Peregrine Diamonds was acquired in 2018 by De Beers Group for around $80 million.
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