Marc Rich

Marc Rich was an international commodities trader, financier, and businessman. He founded the commodities company Glencore, and was later indicted in the United States on federal charges of tax evasion, wire fraud, racketeering, and making oil deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis. He fled to Switzerland at the time of the indictment and never returned to the United States. He received a widely criticized presidential pardon from President Bill Clinton, on his last day in office; Rich's ex-wife Denise had made large donations to the Democratic Party.

18 December 1934

Born on the same birth date (18 December 1934): Boris Volynov

Born on the same birth day (18 December): Benjamin Watson • Celia Johnson • Christopher Polhem • Claudia Gesell • Imad Wasim • Jules Dassin • Michael Moorcock • Paul Klee • Sebald Heyden • Sia

Born in the same month (December 1934): Alan Ridout • Alex Hutchinson (musician) • Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan • Del Shannon • Hanif Mohammad • Maggie Smith • Miguel de la Madrid • Nick Bockwinkel • Pratibha Patil • Ray Wilson (English footballer) • Richard D. Zanuck • Stjepan Mesić