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Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, KBE (19 April 1866 – 4 February 1939) was one of the first executives of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and was its general manager for 36 years, from 1900 to 1936, and was also chairman of the combined Royal Dutch/Shell oil company. He succeeded the founder of Royal Dutch, Jean Baptiste August Kessler, when ...
He emphasizes that Deterding was the first in the industry to discover the "swing producer" formula: by controlling enough of the low-cost export market supply of oil, a producer could decisively balance supply and demand relative to competitors and therefore control price.
Oct 1, 2016 · Dec. 30.–In a statement appearing in the leading newspapers here, Sir Henri Deterding, chairman of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company explains his plan to purchase about 10,000,000 guilders’ worth of Netherland cattle and agricultural products for the German food supply.
Oct 1, 2016 · The unambiguous evidence from Hjalmar Schacht, given under interrogation, of the sizable contributions, received from Sir Henri Deterding. The verdict reached independently by Ian Cummins and John Beasant that in fact Hitler revered Deterding.
THE INTERNATIONAL OIL INDUSTRY. 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.
Henri Deterding (1866-1939) Henri Wilhelm August Deterding was born in Amnsterdam (1866). His father was a master mariner who died when he was only 6 years olds. Without the family breadwinner, thefamily was left in straitened circumstances. He managed to achieve an excelkkent education at Higher Citizens' School in Amsterdam.
Jan 1, 2003 · He emphasizes that Deterding was the first in the industry to discover the "swing producer" formula: by controlling enough of the low-cost export market supply of oil, a producer could...
