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Warren Augustine Bechtel (September 12, 1872 – August 28, 1933) was the founder of the Bechtel Corporation, the 2nd largest construction company in the United States as of 2022. [1]
Although raised in a well-to-do family, she delighted in discovering that she could fashion a home just about anywhere, even in a railroad camp tent or a converted boxcar. Warren A. Bechtel was born on September 12, 1872, the first of Elizabeth and John Moyer Bechtel’s six children.
Like many great entrepreneurs, Warren A. Bechtel would take a few frightening steps toward failure before he found the path to success. In 1898, a nearly bankrupt 25-year-old Bechtel and his pregnant wife, Clara, left Peabody, Kansas, and headed 100 miles (161 kilometers) south in search of construction work and new opportunity.
Warren Bechtel died unexpectedly in 1933 while in Moscow on business. He was succeeded by his oldest son, Warren A. Bechtel Jr., first, then later Stephen Bechtel Sr. , who became both the head of Bechtel and chief executive of the Hoover Dam project.
Warren Augustine Bechtel was the founder of the Bechtel Corporation, the 2nd largest construction company in the United States as of 2022.
Feb 8, 2024 · The company was founded in 1898 in San Francisco by Warren Bechtel, who started out grading railroad track beds in Oklahoma. Bechtel has built landmarks from the Hoover Dam to the Channel...
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Apr 18, 2003 · The company that will lead the reconstruction of Iraq had its beginnings in 1898, when Warren A. Bechtel and his pack of mules were hired to grade railroad beds in the Oklahoma Territory.
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