It also claimed that Armand had a mistress who divorced her husband upon meeting the businessman. The biography further claimed Armand bugged his residence and office and even his outfits to record conversations.
It claimed Armand became heavily involved in money laundering, bribed his way into the oil business, and used artwork to fund Soviet espionage. While many hailed Armand as a self-made industrialist, a 1996 biography exposed the truth about the entrepreneur. He invested her wealth in a failing oil business, Occidental Petroleum, which drove the company to success. After divorcing Armie’s great-grandmother, Olga, Armand married Frances Barrett Tolman. Vanity Fair traced their wealth back to the ’20s when Armie’s great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, fortified connections with the Soviet Union. The Hammers are a well-known family in high society.
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