De Margerie could have been a king of brut. Instead, he became a prince of crude–and an ambassador to some of the world’s toughest regimes. Strongmen and dictators, corrupt regimes, presidents and prime ministers–they’re all on his call list.

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His grandfather founded Taittinger Group (as in Champagne). De Margerie could have been a king of brut. Instead, he became a prince of crude–and an ambassador to some of the world’s toughest regimes.

Strongmen and dictators, corrupt regimes, presidents and prime ministers–they’re all on his call list. 

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High Friends in Low Places (FORBES, 2011)

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