Russ Robinson
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Russ Robinson is an American heir and businessman.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]His father was Jerome Robinson (1929-2009), the founder of U.S. Zinc and a prominent philanthropist in the Houston, Texas community.[4] He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1979.[1][2][3][5]
Career
[edit]From 1979 to 2002, he served as chief executive officer of the family company, U.S. Zinc, and sold it to Imco Recycling.[1][2][3] From 2002 to 2004, he served as chief executive officer of Metaleurop, French-German publicly owned company specializing in zinc and lead.[1][2][3] In 2006, he founded Steel Dust Recycling and sold it to Zinc Nacional in 2009.[1][2][3] In 2010, he founded Global Steel Dust, a global steel dust recycling company headquartered in Switzerland.[1][2][3][6] He currently serves as its chief executive officer.[3][6] The company has ongoing steel dust recycling plants projects in Saudi Arabia and South Korea. It recycles steel dust and produces crude zinc oxide for further reprocessing by zinc smelters.[6]
He sits on the board of directors of Academi.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Bloomberg BusinessWeek
- ^ a b c d e f g Academi Board of Directors
- ^ a b c d e f g Global Steel Dust Board of Directors
- ^ a b Mike Tolson, Obit: Philanthropist, business owner Jerome Robinson, Houston Chronicle, January 21, 2009
- ^ Arts and Sciences: The magazine of Vanderbilt University's College of Arts and Sciences
- ^ a b c Swiss bank on steel dust plant, Bangkok Post, September 29, 2011
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