Clive Palmer

Clive Frederick Palmer ( born March 26, 1954 in Melbourne) is an Australian businessman and billionaire in the mining industry.

Palmer began as a real estate agent on the Gold Coast. He is the owner of the mining company Mineralogy Pty Ltd. , Which owns the licenses for the exploitation of the world's largest iron ore deposits in the Pilbara Ranges in Western Australia and beyond, for example, coal. In its mining activities, he works with ( state ) Chinese companies. He took over in 2008 and 2009 Waratah Coal Queensland Nickel. His fortune is estimated to be 3 to $ 6 billion; According to Forbes Magazine in 2012 to around $ 800 million (with the potential for once the exploitation of its mining licenses progresses ).

Until 2012 ( when he lost his license due to constant violations of the guidelines of the Australian Football League ), he was the owner of the football club Gold Coast United, which he took over in 2008.

In 2012 he founded the Blue Star Line Pty Ltd and announced the construction of the Titanic II, which is being built by the Chinese shipyard CSC Jinling Shipyard on the model of the RMS Titanic. The maiden voyage is scheduled for 2016 and is from Southampton to New York lead.

Palmer was politically active in the Liberal National Party. In April 2013 Palmer founded on the model of the historic United Australia Party, the Palmer United Party. This occurs across the country at the time of election in Australia in 2013.

Palmer is married and has three children.