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Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr.
Using his Ford automobile as collateral, Wyatt entered the gas distribution and energy pipeline business with $800 in 1955. His tenacity and determination quickly secured gas contracts throughout Texas, and in short order, Wyatt had built one of the largest suppliers... View Details
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John E. Swearingen
Swearingen took over the inefficient Standard Oil of Indiana in 1960. He streamlined its operations and aligned its business units while expanding Standard’s exploration of both domestic and foreign oil. By the end of his tenure, he had grown Standard Oil of Indiana to... View Details
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William L. Stewart
Assuming control of Union Oil from his father, William Stewart’s first task was to repair the company’s finances, which had suffered under his father’s huge waves of expansion. Stewart accomplished this without problems and guided Union to profitability, capitalizing... View Details
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Philip Sporn
Sporn was one of the foremost contributors to the growth in the consumption and dissemination of electric power. A tireless advocate for the industry, Sporn’s efforts were aimed at greater efficiency of operations through technological advances in the fields of... View Details
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Harry F. Sinclair
After ill-fated attempts to make money by buying and selling oil leases, Sinclair entered the refining business in 1906, acquiring several companies that were eventually consolidated into Sinclair Oil. Once the larger venture was created, Sinclair invested heavily in... View Details
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John H. Pew
John Pew, along with his younger brother Joseph Jr., took control of their father's company in 1912. The Pew brothers grew it from a small firm, with just a 0.9% share of the overall industrial production of oil, into the country's 15th largest oil refiner in 1941.... View Details
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Amos L. Beaty
In 1907, Beaty became the attorney for Texaco, and was able to secure new laws, which smoothed the way for the company’s entry into the Oklahoma oil fields. In 1920, Beaty was elected president of the company. During his presidency, Beaty concentrated on the expansion... View Details
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W. Alton Jones
Jones, as president of Cities Service Company (a holding company controlling petroleum, natural gas, and power subsidiaries), was responsible for completing oil pipelines from Texas to major East coast cities (3,128 miles). View Details
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Haroldson L. Hunt
Hunt built the largest independent oil company in the U.S. During World War II, Hunt sold more oil to the Allies than the total German output, and supplied 85% of the natural gas piped into the eastern United States. By the 1970s, his fortune, through major... View Details
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John P. Harbin
Despite the distressed economic climate of the late 70’s, Harbin posted over a decade of revenue and earning gains for Halliburton, a multi-billion dollar oil services and construction firm. Under his leadership, revenues increased five-fold from $1.4 billion in 1972... View Details
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Robert O. Anderson
Anderson parlayed a small oil business in New Mexico into one of the largest and most successful oil businesses in the United States. From 1966 to 1982, through acquisitions and strategic diversification, Anderson grew revenues 20-fold (from $1 billion to over $20... View Details
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Lyman Stewart
Prior to starting the Hardison and Stewart Oil Company, the entity that later became Union Oil, Stewart engaged in several unsuccessful business ventures in the oil industry. At Union Oil, however, Stewart thrived as president, investing heavily in new wells throughout... View Details
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Frank Phillips
With his brother Lee, Frank Phillips built Phillips Petroleum into a diversified oil company whose businesses encompassed not only crude oil drilling, but also the operation of consumer filling stations and the production of such innovative oil industry equipment as... View Details
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Joseph N. Pew
Having begun investing in oil while working in real estate, Pew eventually entered the industry full time, organizing several smaller entities into what became the Sun Oil Company. An innovator himself, Pew developed and patented the first mechanical gas-pumping... View Details
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Lucio A. Noto
Noto first concentrated on consolidating and improving efficiency in Mobil's oil, gas and chemical businesses, including trimming bureaucracy at the corporate level. Noto also revamped Mobil's retail gasoline business, being one of the first companies to install such... View Details
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Joseph S. Cullinan
In 1913, when Cullinan resigned his presidency, Texaco controlled over 4% of the nation’s oil production. Cullinan had grown Texaco from an initial capitalization of $3 million to one of $30 million with assets of approximately $60 million. A successful risk-taker,... View Details
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- 15 Sep 2015
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Advice from an Intern
whatever it is you’ll be working on. You may be quite different in terms of age or background from co-workers. The organization or your team might not be well equipped to utilize you well or visualize how you can fit into the mix. That... View Details
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Driving the family business onto a global stage
Anand Mahindra (AB 1977, MBA 1981), as chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), has grown the family business into a thriving Indian multinational automotive manufacturing corporation, creating jobs for thousands. Not content to dominate India’s... View Details
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Rich Schneider
term career objectives, and tactics relating to individual firm recruiting and interviewing. For alumni, he utilizes his considerable professional and life experience to help individuals work through major transitions such as moving to a... View Details
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Fola Folowosele
developing a business skill set. Given my interest in utilizing business to drive social impact, HBS stood out to me because it is an institution that focuses on multiple bottom lines. I was also drawn to HBS because I knew that I would... View Details