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Erik Prince

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Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, investor, author, and former U.S. Navy SEAL officer who is the founder of Blackwater. He was Blackwater's CEO until 2009 and as its chairman until its sale to a group of investors in 2010. Prince founded the private equity firm Frontier Resource Group in 2012 and was chairman of the Hong Kong-listed Frontier Services Group until 2021. Prince is the son of engineer and businessman Edgar Prince, and the brother of former U.S. secretary of education Betsy DeVos. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Erik Prince is the 634th most popular businessperson (up from 786th in 2024), the 9,997th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,118th in 2019) and the 220th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Erik Prince ranks 634 out of 847. Before him are Marc Faber, Marina Berlusconi, Bernard Knubel, Laurent Mekies, Richard DeVos, and Oleg Tinkov. After him are Joanna Hoffman, Sam Altman, Benito Archundia, Jerry Sanders, David Filo, and Jerry Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Erik Prince ranks 362. Before him are Yoo Jun-sang, Fred Børre Lundberg, Jean-Michel Saive, Isabell Werth, Cédric Pioline, and MC Ren. After him are Tore Pedersen, Shayla LaVeaux, Chris Finch, Dacian Cioloș, Delcy Rodríguez, and Pavel Tonkov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erik Prince ranks 9,999 out of 20,380. Before him are Norman Granz (1918), Kathy Hochul (1958), Robert Elswit (1950), Vanessa Estelle Williams (1963), George Clymer (1739), and Beatrix Loughran (1900). After him are Richard M. Sherman (1928), Sam Altman (1985), Alvin Sargent (1927), William Pinkney (1764), Henry Proctor (1929), and Olivia Harrison (1948).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Erik Prince ranks 220. Before him are Bruce Buck (1946), Steve Forbes (1947), Richard Bass (1929), Mark R. Hughes (1956), Billy Beane (1962), and Richard DeVos (1926). After him are Sam Altman (1985), Jerry Sanders (1936), David Filo (1966), Jerry Jones (1942), Abigail Johnson (1961), and Irene Rosenfeld (1953).

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