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The opening as it read in 2005

Marc David Rich (born December 18 , 1934 ) is an international commodities trader who in 1983 fled the United States to live in Switzerland , in order to avoid prosecution on charges of tax evasion and illegally making oil deals with Iran during the hostage crisis . Bill Clinton granted him a pardon shortly before leaving office as the President of the United States . Since Rich's former wife, Denise Rich , had made huge donations to the Democratic Party during Bill Clinton 's time in office, it was widely alleged that Rich's pardon had been bought. Clinton explained his decision by noting that similar situations were settled in civil, not criminal court, and cited the clemency pleas from Israeli government officials, including Prime Minister Ehud Barak . Rich, after spending several years in the canton of Zug , moved his domicile to Meggen , a city part of the Swiss canton of Luzern . He resides in a property called "La villa rose" (the pink villa) on the shores of the Vierwaldstättersee (also known as Lake Lucerne ). Rich also owns property in the ski resort of Sankt-Moritz , Switzerland and in Marbella , Spain . His business partner, Pincus Green , is known to be the "logistic" brain of their company. Rich attended high school at Rhodes School in Manhattan, New York and college at New York University .¹

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Marc Rich (born Marcell David Reich , December 18, 1934) is an international commodities trader . He was indicted in the United States on federal charges of illegally making oil deals with Iran during the late 1970s-early 1980s Iran hostage crisis and tax evasion . He was in Switzerland at the time of the indictment and has never returned to the U.S. He subsequently received a presidential pardon from U.S. President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001, Clinton's last day in office.

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Marc Rich (born Marcell David Reich ; December 18, 1934 – June 26, 2013) was an international commodities trader , hedge fund manager, financier and businessman. He was the founder of the spot market for crude oil and became the most famous commodities trader. He was best known for founding the commodities company Glencore and for being indicted in the United States on federal charges of tax evasion and illegally making oil deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis . He was in Switzerland at the time of the indictment and never returned to the United States. He received a controversial presidential pardon from U.S. President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001, Clinton's last day in office.

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Marc Rich (born Marcell David Reich ; December 18, 1934 – June 26, 2013) was an international commodities trader , hedge fund manager, financier and businessman. He founded the commodities company Glencore , and was later indicted in the United States on federal charges of tax evasion and making oil deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis. He was in Switzerland at the time of the indictment and never returned to the United States. He received a widely criticised presidential pardon from U.S. President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001, Clinton's last day in office .

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American commodities trader (1934–2013) Marc Rich (born Marcell David Reich ; December 18, 1934 – June 26, 2013) 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 .

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