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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: Alex MG who wrote (461942)12/23/2020 11:23:57 AM
From: koan   of 542464
 
That Blackwater group is run by Betsy Devos's brother Erik Prince and is a corrupt quasi military outfit complicit in so much inhumanity and protected by the right wing.

What a vile family!


Erik Prince

BornEducationKnown forSpouse(s)ChildrenRelativesAllegianceService/branchRankUnit
Prince in 2015

Erik Dean Prince

June 6, 1969 (age 51)

Holland, Michigan, U.S.
Hillsdale College ( BA)
Founder of Blackwater


Joan Prince
?
?
(m. 1991; died 2003)?

Joanna Houck
?
?
(m. 2004; div. 2012)?

Stacy DeLuke (m. date unknown)
7
Edgar Prince (father)
Betsy DeVos (sister)
Military career
United States
United States Navy
Lieutenant
United States Navy SEALs
Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, and the founder of the private military company Blackwater USA, now called Academi. He served as Blackwater's CEO until 2009, and as its chairman, until its sale to a group of investors in 2010. Prince now heads the private equity firm Frontier Resource Group, and is chairman of the Hong Kong-listed Frontier Services Group.

He is the brother of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

Contents
1Early life, education, and military service 2Private career 2.1Disclosure as part of a covert CIA task force 2.2Private security for the United Arab Emirates 2.3Private equity investor in Africa 2.4Ties to Trump campaigns 2.5Connections to Nicolas Maduro and Venezuela 2.6Political infiltration operations allegations 2.7Proposed cooperation with the Wagner group & activities in Libya 3Personal life 3.1Political views 3.2Contributions to political and charitable causes 3.3Family 4See also 5Further reading 6Notes 7References8External links

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