Commodity traders are people or companies who speculate and trade in commodities as diverse as metals and spices.
Medieval and early modern
Individuals
- John D. Arnold – natural gas
- Louis Bacon – cotton
- Jay Gould – gold
- Paul Tudor Jones – cotton
- Marc Rich – oil
- Federico Santa María – sugar
Modern companies
- 2Rivers
- Archer Daniels Midland
- Bunge Limited
- Cargill
- Castleton Commodities International
- COFCO
- Glencore
- Gunvor
- D.TRADING
- IXM
- Koch Industries
- Louis Dreyfus Group
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- Noble Group
- Olam International
- Phibro
- Targray
- Trafigura
- Vitol3
References
References
- Chalmin, Philippe (1987), Traders and Merchants: Panorama of International Commodity Trading, Taylor & Francis, p. 6, ISBN 9783718604357
- J. N. Ball (1977), Merchants and Merchandise: The Expansion of Trade in Europe 1500-1630, Croom Helm, pp. 119–121, ISBN 9780312530082
- "Top ten global oil and commodities traders". The London Telegraph. 15 Apr 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2015.