When Carlos Bulgheroni was 28 years old, doctors diagnosed him with cancer and said he only had five months to live. In the years since his first diagnosis, he and his brother, Alejandro, built a business empire based on the oil business that turned them into Argentina’s richest men. The Bulgheronis ended up selling 50 percent of Bridas to China’s influential state-owned oil company Cnooc in 2010 for US$3.1 billion. One of the most iconic photos of Carlos Bulgheroni shows him sitting in the desert, negotiating with the Taliban to build a pipeline through Afghanistan in 1994. The significance of that photo goes well beyond Argentina’s borders as it confirms how Carlos Bulgheroni effectively became the first Western business leader to negotiate directly with the Taliban.

Source: The Bubble September 04, 2016 23:03 UTC