Telis Mistakidis

Aristotelis Mistakidis (born 1962) is a Swiss-based Greek metals trader who became a billionaire working for Glencore. He has joint Greek/British citizenship.[1]

Telis Mistakidis
Αριστοτέλης Μυστακίδης
Born
Aristotelis Mistakidis

(1962-04-24) 24 April 1962
Thessaloniki, Greece
NationalityGreek
British
OccupationBusinessman
Known forGlencore shareholder
Net worthUS$1.5 billion (August 2020)[1]
Spouse(s)Married
Children1

Early life

Aristotelis Mistakidis was born in Rome, Italy, where his marine biologist father worked for the United Nations.[2] He was educated at the London School of Economics.[1]

Career

Mistakidis worked for six years trading in non-ferrous metals for Cargill. In 1993, he joined Marc Rich & Co in 1993, shortly before there was a management buyout and it was renamed Glencore. He worked in the zinc, copper and lead department, rising to become a co-director in 2000. He became a billionaire with the May 2011 Glencore IPO.[1] He owned 3% stake of Glencore.[1]

Mistakidis is a director of Mopani Copper Mines Limited, Portovesme SRL, and Recylex SA, and a non-executive director of Katanga Mining and Xstrata plc.[3]

In December 2018, Mistakidis retired as Glencore's head of copper marketing.[4]

Personal life

Mistakidis is married, with one child, and lives in Zug, Switzerland.[1]

gollark: Not fearsome.
gollark: `Uninitialised value was created by a stack allocation` - 🐝, this *is* in my code.
gollark: So I *should* fear it?
gollark: This is not* worrying as it's in some internal `markStackAndRegisters` function.
gollark: I'm impressed with how many errors about uninitialized values and such valgrind is coming up with.

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Aristotelis Mistakidis". Forbes. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. Mandravelis, Vangelis (10 June 2011). "The third Greek on Forbes list". Ekathimerini. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. "Aristotelis Mistakidis". Businessweek. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  4. "Glencore's Executive Departures Hasten as Oil Chief Leaves". 4 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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