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Executive Outcomes

Executive Outcomes is a private military company (PMC) founded in South Africa in 1989 by Eeben Barlow, a former lieutenant-colonel of the South African Defence Force. It later became part of the South African-based holding company Strategic Resource Corporation. The company was reestablished in 2020.

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Founded
1989 2020 (re-established)
Industry
Private military and security contractor
Area served
Africa (Angola & Sierra Leone)
Founder
Eeben Barlow
Number of employees
2,000+
Products
Providing military combat forces including personnel and equipment, law enforcement and training, logistics, close quarter training, and security services

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Dissolution

Sandline International

Reestablishment

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Executive Outcomes

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related to Angola · 19
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related to Formation · 19
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related to Key personnel · 17
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related to Sandline International · 14
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related to Sterling Corporate Services · 10
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related to Dissolution · 7
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related to Reestablishment · 6
Executive Outcomes → Africa, Barlow, Eeben Barlow, He, In November, STTEP
Area served · 1
Executive Outcomes → Africa (Angola & Sierra Leone)

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Executive OutcomesArea servedAfrica (Angola & Sierra Leone)1.00infobox
Executive OutcomesFounded1989 2020 (re-established)1.00infobox
Executive OutcomesFounderEeben Barlow1.00infobox
Executive OutcomesIndustryPrivate military and security contractor1.00infobox
Executive OutcomesNumber of employees2,000+1.00infobox
Executive OutcomesProductsProviding military combat forces including personnel and equipment, law enforcement and training, logistics, close quarter training, and security services1.00infobox
Executive OutcomesServicesSecurity management, full-service risk management consulting1.00infobox
Executive OutcomesTypePrivate military security firm1.00infobox
Executive OutcomesWebsitehttps://www.executiveoutcomes.com1.00infobox
Executive Outcomesis aprivate military company0.90text
32 Battalioninstance ofAfrican National Congress leader Nelson Mandela demanded that then South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk dismantle some of the South African and South West African Sp…0.80text
Koevoetinstance ofAfrican National Congress leader Nelson Mandela demanded that then South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk dismantle some of the South African and South West African Sp…0.80text

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