List of commodity traders

Traders in the corn pit at the Chicago Board of Trade

Commodity traders are people or companies who speculate and trade in commodities as diverse as metals and spices.

Historical

• Fuggers ^[1]
• Jacques Cœur ^[1]
• Tripp of Dordrecht ^{[1] [2]}
• Welsers

Individuals

• Marc Rich – oil
• John D. Arnold – natural gas
• Louis Bacon – cotton
• Jay Gould – gold
• Paul Tudor Jones – cotton

Modern companies

• 2Rivers
• Archer Daniels Midland
• Bunge Limited
• Cargill
• Castleton Commodities International
• COFCO
• Glencore
• Gunvor
• IXM
• Koch Industries
• Louis Dreyfus Group
• Mercuria Energy Trading
• Noble Group
• Phibro
• Targray
• Trafigura
• Vitol ^[3]

See also

• List of trading companies

References

1. Chalmin, Philippe (1987), Traders and Merchants: Panorama of International Commodity Trading, Taylor & Francis, p. 6, ISBN   9783718604357
2. J. N. Ball (1977), Merchants and Merchandise: The Expansion of Trade in Europe 1500-1630, Croom Helm, pp. 119–121, ISBN   9780312530082
3. "Top ten global oil and commodities traders". The London Telegraph. 15 Apr 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2015.