Claude Dauphin (businessman)
Claude Dauphin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 June 1951 Houlgate, France |
| Died | 30 September 2015 (aged 64) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Occupation | Executive chairman of Trafigura Beheer BV |
| Known for | Billionaire commodities trader |
| Spouse |
Catherine (m. 1976) |
| Children | 3 |
Claude Dauphin (10 June 1951 – 30 September 2015) was a French billionaire businessman and executive chairman of Trafigura Beheer BV, a company specialising in commodity trading (oil, metals, ores). He was a founding partner of Trafigura and its CEO for a time. In March 2013, his net wealth was estimated at $1 billion by Forbes. Dauphin died from cancer in a hospital in Bogota at the age of 64 after two-years with lung cancer.