thomas kaplanFounder and chairman of The Electrum Group, one of the world's largest privately held portfolios of gold and silver assets. Largest private collector of Rembrandt works. Founder of Panthera, global wild cat conservation nonprofit. PhD in Modern History from Oxford. Known for contrarian commodity bets: silver from $3.50, oil to $100, gold to $3,000-5,000+. Sold Leor Exploration to Encana for $2.55B in 2007. Controls NovaGold with John Paulson as partner.