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'''Dan Gertler''' (born December 1973) is an Israeli [[billionaire]] businessman in natural resources whose grandfather, [[Moshe Schnitzer]], co-founded the [[Israel Diamond Exchange]] in 1947. Gertler recalls a business lesson his grandfather, who died in 2007, imparted to him:
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'''Dan Gertler''' is an Israeli [[billionaire]] businessman in natural resources whose grandfather, [[Moshe Schnitzer]], co-founded the [[Israel Diamond Exchange]] in 1947. Gertler recalls a business lesson his grandfather, who died in 2007, imparted to him:
 
:"Dan, you meet your bankers and you ask for credit only when you don’t need it. Just to secure it. Because when you need it, it is too late.”<ref>''[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-05/gertler-earns-billions-as-mine-deals-leave-congo-poorest "Gertler Earns Billions as Mine Deals Leave Congo Poorest"]''</ref>
 
:"Dan, you meet your bankers and you ask for credit only when you don’t need it. Just to secure it. Because when you need it, it is too late.”<ref>''[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-05/gertler-earns-billions-as-mine-deals-leave-congo-poorest "Gertler Earns Billions as Mine Deals Leave Congo Poorest"]''</ref>
  
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==Controversial deals==
 
==Controversial deals==
Gertler's deals have been under scrutiny by the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) and the [[World Bank]] since 2012. He has been described as controversial<ref>{{cite news
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Gertler's deals have been under scrutiny by the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) and the [[World Bank]] since 2012. He has been described as controversial<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/dec/09/enrc-congo-mining-billionaire</ref> and says of himself, he should be awarded a Nobel Prize for his "work developing the Democratic Republic of the Congo".<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-05/gertler-earns-billions-as-mine-deals-leave-congo-poorest</ref>
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|last=Neate}}</ref> and says of himself, he should be awarded a Nobel Prize for his "work developing the Democratic Republic of the Congo".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-05/gertler-earns-billions-as-mine-deals-leave-congo-poorest | title=Gertler Earns Billions as Mine Deals Leave Congo Poorest | work=Bloomberg Markets | date=5 December 2012 | accessdate=8 May 2016 | author=Franz Wild, Michael J. Kavanagh and Jonathan Ferziger}}</ref>
 
 
The [[Panama Papers]] revealed deals carried out through [[Mossack Fonseca]] shell companies, among his many offshore companies. In November 2017, Gertler was named in the [[Paradise Papers]] documents as receiving a $45 million loan from Anglo-Swiss firm [[Glencore]] to negotiate and secure mining rights in the [[DRC]].<ref>''[https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-diamond-mogul-named-in-paradise-papers/ "Israeli diamond mogul named in Paradise Papers"]''</ref>
 
The [[Panama Papers]] revealed deals carried out through [[Mossack Fonseca]] shell companies, among his many offshore companies. In November 2017, Gertler was named in the [[Paradise Papers]] documents as receiving a $45 million loan from Anglo-Swiss firm [[Glencore]] to negotiate and secure mining rights in the [[DRC]].<ref>''[https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-diamond-mogul-named-in-paradise-papers/ "Israeli diamond mogul named in Paradise Papers"]''</ref>
  
 
==Trump blocks DGI assets==
 
==Trump blocks DGI assets==
Effective 21 December 2017, US President [[Donald Trump]] issued an executive order under the [[Magnitsky Act]] that specifically named Gertler among the persons whose US-based assets are to be blocked.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-corruption/|title=Executive Order Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption|last=Trump|first=Donald|date=21 December 2017|website=Whitehouse.gov|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20171221.aspx|title=Issuance of Global Magnitsky Executive Order; Global Magnitsky Designations|last=|first=|date=|website=Treasury.gov|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> In 2015 Gertler's fortune was estimated at $1.26 billion by Forbes magazine, and at least $2.5 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2016/04/07/panama-papers-dan-gertler-roi-du-congo-et-de-l-offshore_4898097_3212.html#bm1BTYRwzpAwwlwt.99 | title=Panama papers : Dan Gertler, roi du Congo et de l’offshore | work=Le Monde | date=7 April 2016 | accessdate=8 May 2016 | author=Joan Tilouine | language=French}}</ref>
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Effective 21 December 2017, US President [[Donald Trump]] issued an executive order under the [[Magnitsky Act]] that specifically named Gertler among the persons whose US-based assets are to be blocked.<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-corruption/</ref><ref>https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20171221.aspx</ref> In 2015 Gertler's fortune was estimated at $1.26 billion by Forbes magazine, and at least $2.5 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.<ref>http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2016/04/07/panama-papers-dan-gertler-roi-du-congo-et-de-l-offshore_4898097_3212.html#bm1BTYRwzpAwwlwt.99 </ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 00:39, 7 August 2021

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Born1973
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseAnat Gertler
Israeli billionaire businessman in natural resources

Dan Gertler is an Israeli billionaire businessman in natural resources whose grandfather, Moshe Schnitzer, co-founded the Israel Diamond Exchange in 1947. Gertler recalls a business lesson his grandfather, who died in 2007, imparted to him:

"Dan, you meet your bankers and you ask for credit only when you don’t need it. Just to secure it. Because when you need it, it is too late.”[1]

Big in the Congo

Dan Gertler is the founder and President of the DGI (Dan Gertler International) Group of Companies and has diamond and copper mining interests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with investments in iron ore, gold, cobalt, oil, agriculture, and banking. His Gibraltar-registered Fleurette Properties Ltd owns stakes in various Congolese mines through at least 60 holding companies in offshore tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands.[2]

Controversial deals

Gertler's deals have been under scrutiny by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank since 2012. He has been described as controversial[3] and says of himself, he should be awarded a Nobel Prize for his "work developing the Democratic Republic of the Congo".[4] The Panama Papers revealed deals carried out through Mossack Fonseca shell companies, among his many offshore companies. In November 2017, Gertler was named in the Paradise Papers documents as receiving a $45 million loan from Anglo-Swiss firm Glencore to negotiate and secure mining rights in the DRC.[5]

Trump blocks DGI assets

Effective 21 December 2017, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order under the Magnitsky Act that specifically named Gertler among the persons whose US-based assets are to be blocked.[6][7] In 2015 Gertler's fortune was estimated at $1.26 billion by Forbes magazine, and at least $2.5 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[8]

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