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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... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Otto D. Donnell
When Donnell took over the presidency of Ohio Oil in 1927, the company had over $104 million in assets with $7 million in net profits. Donnell began a program of expansion in 1930, purchasing various oil... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Leadership for Executive Education
Executive Education welcomed a new executive director in April, when Patricia Bellinger stepped into a role left vacant by Ralph James (MBA ’82), who became executive director of HBS External Relations last July. From 2000 to 2007, Bellinger was based in London as one... View Details
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... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Joseph P. Routh
When Routh assumed the position of President in 1938, Pittston’s coal and oil production businesses were generating $26 million in revenues and losing approximately $1 million on the bottom-line. Through shrewd investments and tight... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Thomas B. Pickens
Starting his career with only a small drilling, exploration and production firm, Pickens developed a knack for acquiring oil-rich properties. His luck afforded him the wealth he used to begin his famous string of attempted hostile takeovers of other View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Langbourne M. Williams, Jr.
After launching a stockholder attack on the management of Freeport Sulphur in 1930, Williams found himself in the CEO position three years later. Under his direction, Freeport experienced a major turnaround in performance and became the premier supplier of sulphur in... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Edward G. Jefferson
Jefferson is credited with streamlining duPont’s operations and diversifying its portfolio – setting the stage for a new era in the company’s history. His purchase of Conoco in 1981 dramatically changed the duPont landscape providing a ready supply of View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
John P. Thompson
Continuing the expansion begun by this father, John Thompson, aided by his brother Jere, grew 7-Eleven into the national business it is today. Despite a failed venture into the oil industry with the Citgo chain, Thompson successfully grew... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Herman Brown
Brown built one of the world’s largest construction companies - Brown and Root, Incorporated. Brown also developed subsidiaries that included hotels, oil and gas producing properties, paper mills, mines, real estate concerns, office... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
David Rockefeller
bank’s international business which contributed $6 billion of income in 1979 and positioned it as an important lender to large, multinational American industrial conglomerates, especially oil companies. View Details
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Jeremy Burnham
In the past year, Jeremy Burnham, a chemical engineer with a background in oil and energy, has experienced a dizzying succession of transitions. “Last June, my wife Perisha and I moved to Cambridge,” Jeremy explains. “In July, she gave... View Details
Robert H. Johnson
its markets, including oil and gas drilling equipment and construction materials. Between 1955 and 1966, Johnson grew sales from $145 million to $476 million and earnings from $28 million to $52 million. View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
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Sylvie Tran
these desperate conditions, any opportunity can be created. With passion as inspiring as this little boy's, I want to shape sustainable opportunities. I want to learn all of my mom's recipes so that our unique Canadian-Vietnamese culture continues to thrive in future... View Details
Abe Plough
In 1908, with $125 borrowed from his father, Plough formed Plough, Incorporated by selling Antiseptic Heating Oil door to door. Over the next 65 years, Plough transformed his company from a small manufacturer of toiletries to a... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Andrew J. Higgins
Higgins originally formed his business to build motorboats, tugs and barges for lumberman and oil drillers traversing the waters of the Mississippi delta region. His innovative ship designs, which were effective in very shallow water,... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Highly Energetic
The fourth annual Energy Symposium at HBS in October brought together industry executives, venture capitalists, and consultants to discuss the sector’s challenges and opportunities. Winds of change are turning hearts and minds as well as turbines: While demand for coal... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
has begun to grow kiwifruit outside of New Zealand in order to have the product on retail shelves year round. Is this the right strategy for the future? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511001-PDF-ENG Asian Agri and the Future of Palm View Details
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Debaters Muzzle Yale Bulldog
impose a windfall tax on U.S. oil corporations.” One hour before the debate began, the HBS team was picked to argue in favor of the resolution. According to the Harbus, the judges favored the HBS team for its ability to frame the motion... View Details