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Arnold Schlaet (1859–1946) was a U.S. oil industrialist and business man. Biography. In 1901, Schlaet, with Jim Hogg, John Warne Gates, and Joseph S. Cullinan, founded the Texas Fuel Company, predecessor to Texaco Incorporated.
Feb 14, 2016 · The owner was Arnold Schlaet (rhymes with “slate”), an investor and co-founder of Texaco in 1902. A view of the estate grounds. (Library of Congress archives) Woody Klein’s history book about Westport notes that in 1918 Schlaet donated his 65-foot yacht to the US government, for the war effort.
…Standard Oil field worker, and Arnold Schlaet (1859–1946), a New York investment manager. Their original design was to buy and refine oil in Texas and sell it to Standard Oil Company interests in the north at a profit, but very soon they expanded into oil production in the giant Spindletop…
Feb 14, 2016 · The owner was Arnold Schlaet (rhymes with “slate”), an investor and co-founder of Texaco in 1902. A view of the estate grounds. (Library of Congress archives) Woody Klein’s history book about Westport notes that in 1918 Schlaet donated his 65-foot yacht to the US government, for the war effort.
Texaco was founded in Beaumont, Texas as the "Texas Fuel Company" in 1902, by Jim Hogg, Joseph S. Cullinan, John Warne Gates, and Arnold Schlaet. On 1 May 1902, the Texas Company was formed from the assets of Texas Fuel assets, and additional capitalization.
ARNOLD S. SCHLAET; A Founder of Texas Oil Co.-- Dies in Florida at 86 - The New York Times. Share full article. Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. Nov. 17, 1946. The New York Times Archives. See...
Apr 13, 1987 · In its early years, Texaco was dominated by Joe Cullinan, a Texas oilman, and his New York financier-partner, Arnold Schlaet. Friction soon developed between the Texas and New York contingents;...
