[1] CC is credited for launching the careers of many notable hedge fund investors and for its influence on global macro investing.

[1] The company was founded by Helmut Weymar and Amos Hostetter Sr. and with $2.5 million of capital in 1969 from a group of investors that included Nabisco.

Hostetter had been Weymar's mentor, and began trading stocks and commodities in the 1930s working for Hayden Stone.

[2] The firm was also later featured prominently in the book, Market Wizards, a series of interviews with the world's top traders of the 1980s.

[5] Commodities Corporation was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 1997 for an undisclosed amount, estimated to be in excess of $100 million.