The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich

by Daniel Ammann

  daughter Gabrielle’s cancer and, 209–12

  divorce from Marc Rich, 21–22, 221–24

  family values of, 215–17

  flight to Switzerland, 109–10

  in Madrid, 48

  songwriting of, 217–18

  Rich, Gabrielle (daughter), 11, 209–13, 215

  Rich, Ilona (daughter), 4–5, 210, 215

  Rich, Marc

  ambition of, 16–17

  apprenticeship at Philipp Brothers, 37–38, 40–41

  birth of, 27–28

  case against. See United States of America v. Marc Rich, Pincus Green, et al.

  citizenship of Israel and Spain, 110

  early life of, 12–13, 18, 25–34

  education of, 28, 33, 36

  extradition of, 128–34, 149–50

  flight to Switzerland, 109–11, 113–16, 125–26, 201–2

  future according to, 264–71

  greatest strength of, 19–20

  the hunt for, 151–66

  media relations of, 139–41, 230–32

  pardon of. See Clinton pardon

  philanthropy of, 237–38, 270

  scapegoating of, 145–46

  secret meeting in Switzerland with, 168–71

  security for, 10, 159–65

  Rich, Paula “Pepi” Wang (mother), 27–32, 213–14, 217

  Rich Merchandising, 34

  RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations), 110, 122–23, 135–36, 139–40

  Robinson, Edward G., 122

  Rockefeller, John D., 80

  Rodríguez Lara, Guillermo, 81

  Romania, 68

  Rosenberg, David, 225–27

  Rossi, Gisela, 21, 219–20, 224

  Roth, Arthur, 260–61

  Rothschild, Henry, 40, 41, 44, 46, 63

  Royal Dutch Shell, 55–57, 58, 268

  Ruiz, Dolores “Lola,” 23–24

  Ruoho, Pertti, 161

  Russia, 158–59, 162–63, 268

  Safe conduct, 212

  Safir, Howard, 141, 149–54, 162, 164, 165–66, 242

  Safire, William, 242

  St. Moritz, 7–8, 20–24, 48, 219–20

  Salinger, Pierre, 11

  Sand, Leonard, 113–15

  Sandinistas, 179

  Santiago de Compostela, 214–15

  Santos Blanco, Alfredo, 49–50, 55, 69

  Saudi Arabia, 54, 57–58, 72, 270–71, 274

  Sayan, 208

  Scapegoating of Marc Rich, 145–46

  Schumer, Charles, 250

  Seaga, Edward, 188–89

  Secret meeting with Marc Rich, 168–71

  Security for Marc Rich, 10, 159–65

  Seghers, Anna, 25

  Selma (German nanny), 28–29

  Senchukov, Boris, 162

  Serpa Pinto, 31–32

  Seven Sisters, 13–14, 55–57, 58, 84–85

  Shah of Iran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi), 64–67, 90–91, 92, 94, 96, 102–3, 190–91

  Shamir, Yitzhak, 103

  Shavit, Shabtai, 206, 246

  Shays, Christopher H., 9, 117

  Shin Bet, 158

  Short-term vs. long-term thinking, 175–76

  Sidec Overseas, 34

  Sinclair, Upton, 25

  Sister Sledge, 218

  Six-Day War of 1967, 54, 65, 198

  Sonangol (Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola), 184–85

  Sonatrach, 178

  South Africa, 44, 181, 189–96

  Southern District of New York, 105, 111–17, 120–21, 134–39, 167–71, 243, 255

  South Korea, 35

  Southwest High School, 33

  Soviet Union, 43, 72, 84, 158

  Spain, 48–51, 55, 68–70, 79–80, 160

  Spanish Civil War, 22–23, 49–50

  Spot oil market, 1–2, 13–14, 56, 70, 71–73, 82, 83–86, 101–2

  Standard Oil, 58, 80

  Starr, Kenneth, 251, 258

  State Department, U.S., 110, 115, 131, 153–54, 165–66, 198–203

  “Steamer trunk affair,” 113–14

  Steinhardt, Michael, 5, 19, 149, 211, 236–37, 243, 244

  Stiener, Richard C., 152

  Strait of Hormuz, 65–66

  Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 86

  Strothotte, Willy, 228, 232, 233

  Subprime mortgage crisis, 22–23

  Sudan, 204–5, 269

  Suez Canal, 43, 54–55, 65

  Superdotado, 19

  Supply-side economics, 77

  Survivor mentality, 31–32

  Suvretta House (St. Moritz), 7–8

  Sweet Pain of Love, 218

  Swissair Flight 111, 113–14

  Swiss Federal Act on International Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (IMAC), 126–27, 284n

  Swiss Office for Police Matters, 128–29

  Swiss Penal Code, 115, 152–53

  Swiss tax treaty, 120–21, 125–27

  Switzerland, 76–78, 125–34

  extradition of Marc Rich, 128–34, 149–50

  flight of Marc Rich to, 109–11, 113–16, 125–26, 201–2

  “Sympathy for the Devil” (song), 7

  Syria, 54, 72, 202

  Taba Summit, 259

  Tachkemoni School, 28

  Tanker trade, 84–85, 189–90

  Tapies, Antony, 10

  Tax evasion and fraud, 8–9, 116–17, 125–28, 136–37, 145–47, 167–71

  Texaco, 55–57

  Thomajan, Bob, 110

  Time (magazine), 137

  Tin, 41, 44, 227

  Torre de Madrid, 49

  Trade liberalization, 267

  Trader principle, 180–81

  Trafford, John, 75–76, 80, 83, 115

  Transaction costs, 85, 176

  Trans-Asiatic Oil Ltd., 65–66

  “Transfer pricing,” 145

  Trau, René, 34, 217

  Trillin, Calvin, 33–34

  Troland, John, 107, 119

  Trust, 40, 78, 86–88

  Trust (Fukuyama), 86–87

  Tucholsky, Kurt, 25

  Tunisia, 14, 53, 63

  Turkey, 82

  20th Century Fox, 108, 111, 122, 123

  20/20 (TV program), 254

  UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), 183–85

  United Nations Human Rights Commission, 199

  United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme, 231–32

  United Nations Security Council, 191

  United States of America v. Marc Rich, Pincus Green, et al., 116–43

  alleged “sham transactions” and, 120–22

  announcement of case, 116–17

  five flaws of case, 135–39

  obstructive strategy of Marc Rich, 139–41

  oil price control and, 117–20

  overview of case, 117–22

  as political cause, 141–43, 145–46

  presumed innocent and, 134–35

  Swiss government and extradition, 125–34

  United Steelworkers of America, 230–31

  Urgenson, Laurence A., 135, 140, 171, 172

  Vanderbilt University Law School, 106

  Van der Walt, Piet, 192

  Vanity Fair, 242

  Venezuela, 54, 57–58, 84

  Vesco, Robert, 108

  Vietnam, 269

  Vietnam War, 37

  “Vindictive time,” 172–73

  Wall Street Journal, 139–40, 231

  Walters, Barbara, 254

  Ward, Don, 162

  Warhol, Andy, 209

  War on Terror, 153

  Waszkis, Helmut, 77, 281n

  “We Are Family” (song), 218

  Weinberg, Morris “Sandy,” Jr., 5, 105–9, 124, 167–68

  alleged “sham transactions” by Marc Rich and, 120–22

  on anti-Semitism and Marc Rich, 18

  background of, 106

  Clinton pardon and, 241–42, 254

  on death of Marc Rich’s daughter Gabrielle, 212 />
  on “flaws” of Marc Rich case, 142–43, 149

  investigation of Marc Rich, 106–8

  refusal to settle case, 108–9

  subpoenaing of Marc Rich documents, 112–14

  Swiss government and Marc Rich, 130–32

  Weinberger, Caspar W., 141

  Weiss, Manny, 228–29

  Weizmann Institute of Science, 253–54

  Westport Junior High School, 33

  West Texas Marketing (WTM), 107, 119–20, 124

  White, Mary Jo, 170–72, 243

  Whitewater, 258

  Wicki, André A., 5, 109, 123, 129, 132–33, 140, 168–71, 255–56

  Williams, Edward Bennett, 108–12, 124, 147

  Wilson, Edwin, 153

  Wilson, Valerie Plame, 171

  Wind energy, 265

  Wise, Robert, 231

  Wise, Robert E., 164

  Wolfman, Bernard, 135, 136, 142–43, 170, 257

  Work ethic, 20, 49, 88

  World War I, 26

  World War II, 12–13, 25–26, 28–29, 50, 214

  WTM (West Texas Marketing), 107, 119–20, 124

  Yeltsin, Boris, 158

  Yemen, 205–7

  Yeshil Management AG, 66–67

  Yom Kippur War, 71–72

  Zaire, 178, 179, 181

  Ziegler, Jean, 164

  Zimbabwe, 269

  Zinc, 226–27

  Zug, Switzerland, 76–78, 151–54, 157–58