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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💰Jean Claude Gandur Net worth: $2.1 Billion

2010 $1.9 Billion

2011 $2 Billion

2012 $2 Billion

2013 $2.1 Billion

2014 $2.3 Billion

2015 $2.1 Billion

2018 $2.1 Billion

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Biography/Timeline

1949

Jean Claude Gandur was born in Grasse, France in 1949. Gandur studied law and political science at the University of Lausanne and history at Pantheon-Sorbonne University.

2009

Gandur started as an oil trader. He was Chairman and CEO of Addax Petroleum until its takeover by Sinopec Group in August 2009 for $7.3 billion.

2013

His new Toronto-listed oil company Oryx Petroleum held its IPO in 2013, and it is developing large oilfields in Iraqi Kurdistan. As of November 2014, his net worth is $2.3 billion.

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