GOTTFRIED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

ENERGY, REAL ESTATE, AND AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT

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  • Gottfried International, Inc. provides management consulting, project development, and real estate expertise to support clients' interests in energy, real estate, and agriculture investment in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East where Bill Gottfried, our firm's founding partner, served as a U.S. Naval Officer stationed in Awali, Bahrain managing 300,000 b/d of petroleum shipments in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait for the Department of Defense.

  • We provide executive search and project development expertise for energy companies in U.S. and international markets. Bill Gottfried was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to join the first Trade Missions to Moscow; Tyumen, Western Siberia; and Kazakhstan following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He recruited senior management teams and raised investment capital for oil and gas joint ventutes in former Soviet Republics, including investment capital for the largest offshore Azerbaijan joint venture. Bill Gottfried established the Energy Committee for the U.S.-Russia Business Council in Washington, D.C.

  • We provide executive search expertise for agribusiness companies in U.S. and international markets. We recruited senior executives for several of the first agricultural biotechnology companies that were established in the U.S. and we 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.

  • We advise U.S. and international real estate investors on investments in Texas, including the Houston Metropolitan Region, in Europe, and in the Middle East, where Bill Gottfried served as the National Association of Realtors Presidential Liaison to the United Arab Emirates. Bill served as Chairman of the International Committee for the Houston Association of Realtors and Chairman of the International Committee for the Texas Association of Realtors.
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  • Bill Gottfried earned a B.S.B.A., petroleum marketing major, 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 Agribusiness Seminars 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 and a member of The Army and Navy Club in Washington, D.C. Bill has been listed in the Financial Times Who's Who in World Oil and Gas.

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