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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.
Oct 1, 2016 · BERLIN, Friday.-. Hitler has sent a wreath with a red, white and black ribbon worded “Adolf Hitler,” to the funeral today of Sir Henri Deterding, multi-millionaire Dutch oil king, who died last Saturday. Time Magazine: Royal Dutch Knight: 13 February 1939. Extract.
Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and possessing near-total domination of the market, even the U.S. government is wary of challenging the great “anaconda” of Standard Oil.
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Deterding emerges as a highly skilled tactician who built alliances with one company or group while opposing others, all to advance the position of his company and its allies. Deterding led the industry in his realization that the demand for gasoline as fuel would overtake lamp oil (kerosene) demand.
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland, Feb. 4. --Sir Henri Deterding, one of the world's leading oil men, died of a blood clot on the brain here today at the age of 72. He was former director general of the...
May 23, 2017 · Penguin, May 23, 2017 - History - 352 pages. The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr. and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empire Marcus...
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.
