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Erik Prince

American businessman, former US Navy SEAL officer and the founder of the private military company Blackwater · United States · On the map · Founders · Born 1969 · age 57

Erik Dean Prince is an American businessman, who is the founder of private military contractor Blackwater. He was Blackwater's CEO until 2009 and its chairman until its sale to a group of investors in 2010.

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  1. It seems the ballistics analysis was done to prove the guilt of the Americans, not to just try to identify what happened there.... I wasn't there.

    1 April 2011 · Quoted in APNewsBreak: Blackwater founder questions FBI work 1 April 2011, Own words

  2. I put myself and my company at the C.I.A.’s disposal for some very risky missions...But when it became politically expedient to do so, someone threw me under the bus...

    2 December 2009 · Quoted in Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy, by Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, Own words

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Prince founded the private equity firm Frontier Resource Group in 2012 and was chairman of the Hong Kong-listed Frontier Services Group until 2021. Prince is the son of engineer and businessman Edgar Prince, and the brother of former U.S. secretary of education Betsy DeVos.

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Born 1969 · age 57