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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 · The deceased person honored like royalty by Hitler and the Nazi Party was a Dutchman with a British title, Sir Henri Deterding. During his remarkable 40 years with Royal Dutch, over 30 as the absolute leader of the amalgamated Anglo-Dutch Group, Sir Henri built the oil giant best known as “Shell.”.
Royal Dutch Shell founder Sir Henri Deterding was by far the largest single donor, sending 7,000 railway wagons full of Dutch food produce. Despite criticism in the news media, specifically linking the money saved on food to Nazi rearmament, Deterding continued to donate Dutch food to Nazi Germany. By John Donovan.
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Henri Wilhelm August Deterding , KBE (born April 19, 1866 in Amsterdam , † February 4, 1939 in St. Moritz ) was a Dutch industrialist. As the main shareholder of the Shell group , he was one of the richest men in the world in his day. [1] . He was considered the "Napoleon of petroleum". [2] contents. Life. Shell Private.
Dec 4, 2003 · Hendrix highlights how Deterding used his oil industry position to advance an anti-Soviet, anticommunist agenda, at one point even setting up his own secret service against the Comintern directed by former British director of military intelligence General Sir George MacDonough.
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...
Dec 13, 2011 · Sir Henri Deterding and Royal Dutch–Shell: Changing Control of World Oil, 1900–1940. By Paul Hendrix. Bristol, U.K.: Bristol Academic Press, 2002. xviii + 275. Notes, index. Cloth, £45.00. ISBN 0-951-37628-4. | Business History Review | Cambridge Core. Home. > Journals. > Business History Review. > Volume 77 Issue 4.
