Hunt, Nelson Bunker

American oil tycoon

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Silver Thursday

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