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Robert Friedland (Robert Martin Friedland) was born on 18 August, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, US, is a Canadian-American businessman. Discover Robert Friedland's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As Robert Martin Friedland
Occupation Investor
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 18 August, 1950
Birthday 18 August
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, US
Nationality American

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His wife is Darlene M. Friedland

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Net worth US$1.05 billion (August 2019)
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1950

Robert Martin Friedland (August 18, 1950) is an American-Canadian billionaire financier in the mining industry.

1970

He 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.

1974

He graduated in 1974 from Reed College, Oregon, with a political science degree.

His senior year at Reed, Friedland was student body president.

During his time at Reed he met Steve Jobs with whom he shared an interest in Eastern spirituality.

At the time, 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. Friedland turned the orchard into a commune called All One Farm.

His followers were not paid for working on commercial endeavors there.

Friedland got his start as the CEO of Galactic Resources Ltd. Raising over US$300 million in investments, he established a gold mine at Summitville, Colorado.

Against contractor advice, Friedland decided to implement the relatively new mining technology of heap leaching for the site during the middle of a snowy winter.

The sodium cyanide solution used to extract ore soon spilled from the mine as the heap-leach liner collapsed.

Carried by heavy rain and snow, the cyanide and other heavy metals contaminated the Alamosa River, causing the deaths of fish as far as 17 miles downstream from the mine.

1980

Since the early 1980s, he has specialized in securing funding for the exploration and development of mineral and energy resources and technology ventures.

He is the founder and chairman of his private, family-owned firm, Ivanhoe Capital Corporation, which is active in capital markets, focused on emerging markets.

He is the founder and co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines – a Canadian public company listed on the Toronto and OTCQX exchanges.

Friedland was born in Chicago, Illinois, the eldest of three children born to immigrant parents Ilona (née Muller) and Albert Friedland.

Friedland's father survived three years in Auschwitz while his mother worked as a forced laborer during the Holocaust.

1987

Ivanhoe Capital has specialized in the provision of venture capital, project financing and related financial services for a roster of international business enterprises since its founding in 1987..

1992

The clean-up of the mine cost the EPA over 100 million dollars, while Galactic Resources soon went bankrupt in 1992.

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.

Claiming to have only based his decisions on mining expert advice and having resigned two years before Galactic Resources went bankrupt, Friedland denied responsibility for the environmental damage to Summitville.

Friedland is currently the executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (IVN: TSX, IVPAF: OTCQX), a Canadian mining company focused on advancing three joint-venture projects in Southern Africa: copper production from a major new mine at the Kamoa-Kakula copper discoveries near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); mine development at the Platreef palladium-platinum-nickel-copper-rhodium-gold discovery near Mokopane in South Africa; and the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the DRC.

Ivanhoe also is exploring for new copper discoveries on its wholly owned Western Foreland exploration licences in the DRC, near the Kamoa-Kakula Project.

1993

The current Ivanhoe Mines was launched in 1993 as African Minerals to pursue mineral interests in Southern Africa.

1994

Friedland was CEO of the original Ivanhoe Mines (now named Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ: TSX & NYSE)), which he founded as Indochina Goldfields in 1994 and led to a successful initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1996.

2000

Exploration by Ivanhoe Mines since 2000 discovered a chain of copper, gold and silver deposits at Oyu Tolgoi (Turquoise Hill) in Mongolia's South Gobi region.

2006

The deal earned Friedland a seat on the board of INCO, from which he benefited by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce's 2006 bid for INCO.

Friedland's other corporate leadership positions include or have included:

Robert Friedland holds dual US and Canadian citizenship and is also a resident of Singapore.

He is married to Darlene Friedland, and they have three children.

His son, Govind Friedland, is a geologist.

2011

It was renamed Ivanplats Limited in 2011, and then Ivanhoe Mines in 2013.

Friedland also operates Ivanhoe Capital from its corporate headquarters in Singapore – a location that has facilitated his focus on the Asia Pacific region.

He was chairman, and later executive chairman, until 2011.

2012

The original Ivanhoe Mines was renamed Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ: TSX & NYSE) in 2012.

Turquoise Hill Resources is focused on the operation and further development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine.

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.

2013

The first phase of what is independently projected to be one of the world's largest porphyry copper and gold mines (Oyu Tolgoi) began commercial production in 2013.

2016

Mr. 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.