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Hunt, Nelson Bunker

American oil tycoon
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  • The Hunt brothers being sworn in before a House subcommittee investigating Silver Thursday
    Silver Thursday

    …of reigning monarchs and despots, Nelson Bunker Hunt (1926–2014) was the richest man in the world at the start of the 1960s, having inherited a fortune from his father, the legendary oilman H. L. Hunt, and earned another fortune through investments and speculation. By 1970 he foresaw a volatile economic…

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    …of reigning monarchs and despots, Nelson Bunker Hunt (1926–2014) was the richest man in the world at the start of the 1960s, having inherited a fortune from his father, the legendary oilman H. L. Hunt, and earned another fortune through investments and speculation. By 1970 he foresaw a volatile economic…

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