Marc Saverys
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Career
In 1975, he joinded Bocimar, the bulk freight department of the Compagnie Maritime BelgeCompagnie Maritime Belge
-History:The CMB was founded in 1895 under the name Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo . At the request of Leopold II of Belgium and with support from British investors, a maritime connection was opened with Congo Free State. On 6 February 1895 the CMB ship Léopoldville was the first to leave port...
(CMB) group. In 1985, he left Bocimar for Exmar, at that time a diversified shipment company, where became president and was responsible for the dry bulk freight department. He is president of Exmar and of several companies which fall under the Euronav and CMB-group.
Since the foundation of Euronav
Euronav
Euronav is an independent tanker company engaged in the ocean transportation of crude oil and petroleum products. The company is compliant with the International Safety Management Code requirements, which assure a high level of safety and environmental protection...
plc in 2003, Marc Saverys has been the President of the board of directors and he has been also president of CMB and board member of Sibelco
Sibelco
Sibelco has over 245 production units worldwide and is the disputed market leader in the extraction, production and distribution of the main industrial minerals: quartz, cristobalite, nepheline syenite, plastic clay and olivine...
. With an estimated fortune of 756 million
Million
One million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione , from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one.In scientific notation, it is written as or just 106...
Euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
, he is one of the wealthiest people of Belgium.