# Claude Dauphin

> Claude Dauphin is a startup investor at Trafigura. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Trafigura](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trafigura)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claude-dauphin-90b9aba2

Claude Dauphin is a startup investor at Trafigura. Before founding Trafigura in 1993, Claude worked for Marc Rich AG as Petroleum Division Head and Executive Committee Member (1988-1992), Head of the Lead and Zinc Department and Country Manager in Bolivia (1977-1988).

## About Trafigura

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Trafigura is one of the world's largest physical commodity trading groups. Trafigura, at the heart of global supply, connects the world to the critical resources it requires. It deploys infrastructure, skills, and a global network through its Oil & Petroleum Products, Metals & Minerals, and Power & Renewables divisions to movecommodities from where they are abundant to where they are most needed, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure, and sustainable.Trafigura also owns and operates a number of industrial assets, including Nyrstar, a multi-metals producer, and Puma Energy, a fuel storage and distribution company; as well as joint ventures Impala Terminals, a port and logistics provider, and Nala Renewables, a power and renewable energy investment and development platform. Trafigura is a company owned by its employees, and it employs over 13,000 people in 48 countries.

5 contacts available at Trafigura.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alix Prezioso | Copper Trader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alix-prezioso |
| Claude Dauphin | Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claude-dauphin |
| Donald Thinschmidt | Oil Trader, Strategic Management & Development Group | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donald-thinschmidt |
| Jose Larocca | Head, Oil Trading | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jose-larocca |
| Margaux Moore | Head of the Energy Transition Group | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/margaux-moore-7127 |

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