Erik Prince
American businessman and founder of Blackwater USA
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| March 2025 | Erik Prince announced a security support deal with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa to assist government forces in addressing the ongoing Ecuadorian conflict. |
| 2025 | Erik Prince led a group that proposed a deportation plan to the Trump administration, involving support from the private sector. |
| 2023 | United Nations linked Erik Prince to a proposed mercenary deployment deal in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The plan involved over 2,000 mercenaries from Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina, intended to secure mining areas and halt troop advancement, arising from an agreement between the UAE and DRC. |
| 2021 | Stepped down as chairman of Frontier Services Group, a Hong Kong-listed company. |
| March 2021 | A UN report revealed details about Prince's modified aircraft, including its capability to carry rockets and twin 23mm cannon under its wings. |
| June 2019 | Project Opus was aborted, ending Prince's planned military equipment sale to Khalifa Haftar's forces. |
| April 14 2019 | Erik Prince proposed an $80 million deal to Libya's militia leader Khalifa Haftar for Project Opus, involving the supply of military equipment including surplus military helicopters from Jordan, intelligence surveillance aircraft, drones, and cyber intelligence capabilities. |
| August 2018 | Prince's LASA T-Bird crop duster aircraft was flown to Serbia for maintenance. |
| 2017 | Prince's Light, Attack and Surveillance Aircraft (LASA) made its debut at the Paris Air Show. |
| 2010 | Sold Blackwater to a group of investors and stepped down as chairman. |
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