Jonathan Conlin - Mr Five Percent

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Jonathan Conlin - Mr Five Percent

When Calouste Gulbenkian died in 1955 at the age of 86, he was the richest man in the world, known as 'Mr Five Percent' for his personal share of Middle East oil. The son of a wealthy Armenian merchant in Istanbul, for half a century he brokered top-level oil deals, concealing his mysterious web of business interests and contacts within a labyrinth of Asian and European cartels, and convincing governments and oil barons alike of his impartiality as an 'honest broker'. Gulbenkian's private life was as labyrinthine as his business dealings. He insisted on the highest 'moral values', yet ruthlessly used his wife's charm as a hostess to further his career, and demanded complete obedience from his family, whom he monitored obsessively. Meanwhile, he built up a superb art collection which included Rembrandt and other treasures from the Hermitage Museum. The book “Mr Five Per Cent” reveals Gulbenkian's complex and many-sided existence. Written with full access to the Gulbenkian Foundation's archives, this is the fascinating story of the man who more than anyone else helped to shape the modern oil industry.
Title in Armenian Պարոն հինգ տոկոս
Author(s) Jonathan Conlin
Translator(s) Silva Hovakimyan
Language(s) Armenian
Publisher(s) Edit Print
Year 2019
Pages 432
Binding Hardcover
Printing Black & White
Size 16.5 x 24 cm
ISBN 9781788160421

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