Dan Gertler is the grandson of Moshe Schnitzer, the prominent figure who was one of the founders of the Israel Diamond Exchange in 1947. Gerter, 50, stands out as a central figure in the issue of exploiting and controlling the resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He leveraged his close relationship with him to consolidate his influence, giving him access to mineral extraction rights at preferential prices, far from global market standards. In 2013, reports began to come in about the losses incurred by this poor country.