Background
Aristotelis Mistakidis was born in Rome, Italy, where his marine biologist father worked for the United Nations.
Aristotelis Mistakidis was born in Rome, Italy, where his marine biologist father worked for the United Nations.
He has joint Greek/British citizenship. He was educated at the London School of Economics. Mistakidis worked for six years trading in non-ferrous metals for Cargill.
In 1993, he joined Marc Rich & Company in 1993, shortly before there was a management buyout and it was renamed Glencore.
He worked in the zinc, copper and lead department, rising to become a co-director in 2000. He became a billionaire with the May 2011 Glencore IPO. Mistakidis is a director of Glencore, Mopani Copper Mines Limited, Portovesme SRL, and Recylex Société Anonyme, and a non-executive director of Katanga Mining and Xstrata PLC