尼克的祖父欧内斯特在1902年定居在南非。在他22岁那年,作为一家总部在伦敦的钻石交易公司的代理,他外派到钻石业繁荣的小城金伯利。
By 1917 he had set up his own mining company, Anglo American.
1917年,他已有了自己的矿业公司,英美资源集团。
A few years later he won control of De Beers, a diamond miner that had been founded in1880 by Cecil Rhodes, a British-born colonialist.
几年之后,他又掌控了德比尔斯,一家由英国殖民者塞西尔?罗兹于1880年创立的企业。
By the time Rhodes died in 1902, De Beers controlled 90% of the world s diamondproduction.
1902年,也就是罗兹去世时间,德比尔斯钻石产量占据世界份额的90%。
Rhodes s immense fortune still pays for people like Bill Clinton to study at Oxford.
至今,罗兹的巨额财富仍在支付美国前总统克林顿在牛津大学学习的费用。
Since 1929, when Sir Ernest took over as chairman, theOppenheimers have led De Beers almost without interruption, massaging the price ofdiamonds by hoarding them and occasionally selling part of the firm s stockpile.
1929年,欧内斯特爵士成为德比尔斯主席。自此之后,海默家族一直经营着德比尔斯,并通过控制库存量来调控钻石价格。
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