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Pierre Samuel du Pont (/ d uː ˈ p ɒ n t /; January 15, 1870 – April 4, 1954) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist and member of the prominent du Pont family. He was president of DuPont from 1915 to 1919, and was on its board of directors until 1940.
Mar 31, 2024 · Pierre Samuel du Pont (born January 15, 1870, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.—died April 5, 1954, Wilmington) was a manufacturer and the largest American munitions producer during World War I. Pierre Samuel du Pont was the great-great-grandson and namesake of the French economist, whose son, Éleuthère Iréné du Pont, began the family’s ...
Era: 1910. duPont headed the duPont Corporation during the period of the first World War. During duPont’s presidency, the corporation was greatly expanded in order to meet munitions orders from the United States and Allied countries. duPont increased the company’s munitions production from 1 million pounds per month to 1 million pounds per ...
Pierre S. du Pont was born in 1870 in a DuPont Company house overlooking the Brandywine Creek just north of Wilmington, Delaware. His early years were influenced by the area’s natural beauty and by the du Pont family’s long tradition of gardening. But not even Pierre himself could have predicted that he would someday become one of the ...
May 10, 2021 · Du Pont, who died Saturday at age 86 after a long illness, according to his former chief of staff, broke with family tradition by leaving the family business for a career in law and politics. That ...
Sep 23, 2018 · Pierre S. du Pont was born near the original DuPont gunpowder plant in 1870. He attended the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, a Quaker institution that dates back to 1689, before graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1890 with a degree in chemistry. One of his first achievements was co-developing, along with a ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Pierre Samuel du Pont. The American industrialist Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954), as chairman of the board of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, was among those responsible for its phenomenal success in the 20th century. Pierre Samuel du Pont was born in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 15, 1870. After receiving a bachelor of science degree from ...
