Facts: - death place: lucerne , switzerland - birth name: marcell david reich - death cause: stroke - death date: 26 june 2013 - spouse: -lcb- -lcb- unbulleted list - birth date: 18 december 1934 - name: marc rich - ethnicity: jewish - image: 200px - birth place: antwerp , belgium Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marc rich .
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marc rich -lrb- born marcell david reich ; december 18 , 1934 -- june 26 , 2013 -rrb- was an international commodities trader , hedge fund manager , financier and businessman .he was best known for founding the commodities company glencore and for being indicted in the united states on federal charges of tax evasion and illegally making oil deals with iran during the iran hostage crisis .he was in switzerland at the time of the indictment and never returned to the united states .he received a controversial presidential pardon from u.s. president bill clinton on january 20 , 2001 , clinton 's last day in office .