Russ Robinson

Russ Robinson is an American heir and businessman.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Early life

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Academi Board of Directors
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Global Steel Dust Board of Directors
  4. 1 2 Mike Tolson, Obit: Philanthropist, business owner Jerome Robinson, Houston Chronicle, January 21, 2009
  5. ↑ Arts and Sciences: The magazine of Vanderbilt University's College of Arts and Sciences
  6. 1 2 3 Swiss bank on steel dust plant, Bangkok Post, September 29, 2011
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