Jean Claude Gandur Net Worth

Jean Claude Gandur was born on February 18, 1949 in Switzerland. Swiss tycoon held IPO of oil venture Oryx Petroleum in 2013. Toronto-listed company is developing big finds in Iraq's Kurdistan region and drilling for more. Unfortunately the slide in oil prices knocked 50% off Oryx shares in the six months to February 2015. Gandur got his start in oil trading. Later through control of the Addax & Oryx Group he parlayed contacts in Africa into oilfields in Nigeria and a vast network of fuel storage and distribution assets across Sub-Saharan Africa. Was among the very first movers into Iraq. Sold publicly traded Addax Petroleum to Sinopec for $7.3 billion in 2009, but still operates a vast fuel distribution business in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite European parents, Gandur grew up in Egypt and has one of the world's best private collections of Egyptian antiquities. Obsessive collector also has horde of post-War European art, ancient European artifacts, clocks and furniture.
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