Robert Friedland is the founder and chairman of his private, family-owned firm, Ivanhoe Capital Corporation, which is active in capital markets, focused on emerging markets.
16 Facts About Robert Friedland
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Robert Friedland was born in Chicago, Illinois, the eldest of three children born to immigrant parents Ilona and Albert Friedland.
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Robert Friedland resigned from Bowdoin College in 1970 after being arrested by federal authorities for the possession of an estimated $100,000 worth of LSD, a crime for which he was sentenced to two years in federal prison, but received early release on probation.
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Robert Friedland graduated in 1974 from Reed College, Oregon, with a political science degree.
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At the time, Robert Friedland served as the caretaker of an apple farm south of Portland that was owned by his millionaire uncle Marcel Muller and Jobs would come on the weekends and help with the apple orchard, which served as the inspiration for the name of his company, Apple Inc Robert Friedland turned the orchard into a commune called All One Farm.
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Robert Friedland's followers were not paid for working on commercial endeavors there.
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Robert Friedland got his start as the CEO of Galactic Resources Ltd.
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Against contractor advice, Robert Friedland decided to implement the relatively new mining technology of heap leaching for the site during the middle of a snowy winter.
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Robert Friedland resigned from his positions at Galactic Resources on the day that the EPA issued their notice to Colorado regulators that they were taking action at Summitville.
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Robert Friedland is currently the executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
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Mr Robert Friedland was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 2016 and into the American Hall of Fame in 2021 for his outstanding lifetime achievements advancing the global mineral resources industry.
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Robert Friedland was CEO of the original Ivanhoe Mines, which he founded as Indochina Goldfields in 1994 and led to a successful initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1996.
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Robert Friedland was chairman, and later executive chairman, until 2011.
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Robert Friedland was the Chairman of Diamond Fields Resources when it was bought out for $4.3 billion by Michael Sopko's INCO for its rich Voisey's Bay development.
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Robert Friedland holds dual US and Canadian citizenship and is a resident of Singapore.
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Robert Friedland is married to Darlene, and they have three children.