Robert Martin Friedland is an entrepreneur and businessperson who founded 8 companies, notably: Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. and Ivanhoe Energy, Inc. and who has been at the helm of 17 different companies. Presently, he holds the position of Executive Co-Chairman at Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (which he founded in 1993), Non-Executive Chairman of Gold X Mining Corp., Chairman for I-Pulse, Inc. (which he founded in 2008), Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Ivanhoe Capital Corp. (which he founded in 1987), Co-Chairman for Clean TeQ Holdings Ltd., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for High Power Exploration, Inc., Chairman of Beijing Pu Neng Century Technology Co., Ltd., Chairman of Vrb Energy, Inc., Co-Chairman for SK Global Entertainment, Inc. (which he founded in 2016), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp., Chairman at Sunwing Holding Corp. and Chairman at Ivanhoe Pictures. Robert Martin Friedland is also on the board of Ivanhoe Industries LLC and Kietta and Partner at Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia, Inc. He previously was Executive Co-Chairman at Ivanhoe Energy, Inc. (he founded the company in 1995), Co-Chairman at Diamond Fields Resources, Inc., Chairman at Potash One, Inc., Chief Executive Officer & Non-Independent Director at Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (he founded the company in 1994) and Non-Executive Chairman of Chinova Resources Pty Ltd. He received an undergraduate degree from Reed College.