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Henri Wilhelm August Deterding Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, was one of the first executives of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and for 36 years its chairman and the chairman of the combined Royal Dutch/Shell oil company.
Oct 1, 2016 · Chapter 16: Shell historians attempt to distance Deterding from Hitler. Shell’s historians downplayed the relationship between Hitler and Deterding. As far they are concerned, the two never met. They said that a request by Sir Henri for a meeting with Hitler in March 1933 was rebuffed and disregarded Deterding’s claim that he met with ...
Sir Henri Deterding, who was spending the winter at his villa near Suvretta, at St. Moritz, died suddenly on Saturday from angina pectoris, telegraphs our Geneva Correspondent. His death is causing great grief at St. Moritz, where his generosity and kindness had made him very popular. By his death the international oil industry loses one of its ...
Oct 27, 2019 · Shell’s historians downplayed the relationship between Hitler and Deterding. As far they are concerned, the two never met. They said that a request by Sir Henri for a meeting with Hitler in March 1933 was rebuffed and disregarded Deterding’s claim that he met with Hitler in November 1933. Not only were there meetings.
Apr 19, 2016 · Today came news that Shell is slashing its panel of international law firms by 97%. It therefore seems appropriate to reflect on the views about lawyers expressed by the extraordinary Dutchman most responsible for building Royal Dutch Shell into a global business: Sir Henri Deterding. For some reason, although he was the undisputed head of the ...
Sep 11, 2018 · Published in 1992 by FREE PRESS ISBN 0-671-79932-0. The Prize (Part 2 of 8) – “Empires of Oil”. Covers the story of Royal Dutch Shell. Includes, at just over 49 mins, film of Royal Dutch Shell founder Sir Henri Deterding giving a Heil Hitler salute at a major sporting event for Shell employees celebrating his birthday.
The best parts of this volume are the initial chapters on Deterding's family background and early career. Hendrix starts helpfully by explaining that the price of world oil could best be controlled by a swing producer keeping global demand and supply in balance. From 1902 onwards Deterding strove to secure that equilibrium, partly by setting up the
