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
- IXM
- Koch Industries
- Louis Dreyfus Group
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- Noble Group
See also
References
- Philippe Chalmin. Traders and Merchants: Panorama of International Commodity Trading Taylor & Francis, 1987^
- J. N. Ball. Merchants and Merchandise: The Expansion of Trade in Europe 1500-1630 Croom Helm, 1977^
- Top ten global oil and commodities traders The London Telegraph, 15 Apr 2011, retrieved 14 December 2015^