GOTTFRIED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

ENERGY, AGRICULTURE, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT

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  • Gottfried International, Inc. provides management consulting, project development, and real estate investment expertise to support investors' interests in energy, agriculture, and real estate development in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East, where Bill Gottfried, our firm's founding partner, began his career serving as a U.S. Naval Officer stationed in Awali, Bahrain managing 300,000 b/d of petroleum shipments in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, and Yemen 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 a member of the first U.S. Department of Energy Trade Missions to Moscow; Tyumen, Western Siberia; and Kazakhstan following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He recruited management teams, organized oil and gas joint ventures, and raised investment capital for joint ventures in Western Siberia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. Bill established the Energy Committee of the U.S.-Russia Business Council in Washington, D.C. to support U.S. energy companies in Russia. He has been listed in the Financial Times Who's Who in World Oil & Gas.

  • We provide executive search and project development expertise for agribusiness companies in U.S. and international markets. We recruited senior executives for several of the first agricultural biotechnology companies and we organized the first U.S.-Kazakhstan agriculture joint venture with support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London.

  • We advise investors on real estate investments in Texas and Europe. Bill Gottfried served as Chairman of the International Committee for the Houston Association of Realtors, Chairman of the International Committee for the Texas Association of Realtors, he was a founding Board Member of the Asian Real Estate Association of America's Houston Chapter, and he served as the National Association of Realtors Presidential Liaison to the United Arab Emirates.

  • Bill Gottfried earned a B.S.B.A. from The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, petroleum marketing major; 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 he graduated from Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia. He is an Eagle Scout and he is a member of The Army and Navy Club in Washington, D.C.

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