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Gottfried International, Inc. is a management consulting, project development, and real estate firm supporting clients' interests in energy, agriculture, health care, space technology, and real estate investment in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East, where Bill Gottfried, our firm's founding Partner, began his career as a U.S. Naval Officer stationed in Awali, Bahrain serving as Executive Officer for the Inspector of Naval Material, Petroleum Products, Middle East Area managing 300,000 b/d of petroleum supplies for the Department of Defense.
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Bill and Danielle Gottfried established The Kidney Research Institute of Texas and The Houston Kidney Forum to help accelerate investment in kidney disease prevention, kidney research, and technology innovation to improve the lives of kidney patients. This Institute and The Houston Kidney Forum were established in honor of family members who died from kidney disease, including Bill's Father, Henry William Gottfried, Jr., CDR, U.S. Navy.
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Our international energy experience began when Bill Gottfried served with the U.S. Navy in the Middle East managing petroleum shipments in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, and Yemen. Following his Middle East service, Bill managed petroleum allocation programs at the Federal Energy Office in Washington, D.C. during three Presidential Administrations and managed strategic planning assignments for energy clients with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Bill and Danielle Gottfried have attended OPEC Meetings in Vienna at the invitation of the OPEC Secretariat.
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Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Bill Gottfried joined the first U.S. Department of Energy Trade Missions sent to Tyumen, Western Siberia, and Almaty, Kazakhstan during the Administrations of President George H. W. Bush and President Bill Clinton to develop energy investment in the former Soviet Republics. Bill recruited management teams and raised capital for joint ventures in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan, including $135 million for a client developing the 4.2 billion barrel Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli offshore Azerbaijan oilfield.
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We recruited senior executives for several of the first agricultural biotechnology companies and organized the first U.S.-Kazakhstan agriculture joint venture following the collapse of the Soviet Union with support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, raising $35 million for this joint venture.
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Gottfried International, Inc. developed the first hyperspectral imaging and remote sensing system for the energy industry designed as one of the first commercial payloads for the International Space Station. We recruited senior executives for commercial space companies in the U.S. and Europe, including CEO's for two of the first commercial space companies established in the U.S.
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Bill and Danielle Gottfried advise clients on real estate investments in Texas, Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East, where Bill served as the National Association of Realtors Presidential Liaison to the United Arab Emirates. Bill and Danielle Gottfried have managed $2 billion in Texas and international property listings.
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Bill Gottfried earned a B.S. in Petroleum Marketing from The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, a M.B.A. in International Business from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and he has attended Executive Ed. at Harvard Business School. Bill was Commissioned a U.S. Naval Officer at Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island and graduated from Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia. He is an Eagle Scout, a Member of The Army and Navy Club in Washington, D.C., and he has been listed in the Financial Times Who's Who in World Oil and Gas.
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