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Hess - The Last Oil Baron (Hardcover): Tina Davis, Jessica Resnick-Ault

Hess - The Last Oil Baron (Hardcover)

Tina Davis, Jessica Resnick-Ault

Series: Bloomberg

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Leon Hess' business acumen started with picking up oil waste products and delivering them for residential use and eventually to refiners and utilities in 1933. His single-truck business quickly grew to a fleet of 12 and after returning from the war, he branched out, building his own oil refineries first at home, and later offshore as he developed Hovensa, the largest refinery in the Western Hemisphere, which he ran jointly with the Venezuelan government. With his acquisition of Amerada in the 1960s, he entered the high-stakes world of oil discovery and production, spreading his company's name -- and resources -- globally. His eagerness to expand the Hess empire led the company to stake one of the largest claims on the shale acreage that is now pushing the U.S. toward energy independence. Fourteen years after his death, his son John Hess faces what may be the end of the family era at Hess Corp., with a revolt from company shareholders who have accused him of mismanagement and attacks on a board stacked with his father's lifelong friends. Stripped of his chairmanship, John is shutting refineries that once were the company's major earners and seeking to sell the signature green-and-white gasoline stations that dot the Northeast and inspired the toy trucks that have become collectors' items. This book will answer a 2 main questions: Who is the private figure who built the distinctive Hess brand: a Jewish man who did business with some of the world's most powerful Arab leaders, a sports enthusiast who refused to let his family inherit his beloved football team, a tough businessman who also liked to give employees holiday gifts, a supporter of conservative politicians and a philanthropist whose foundation supports pro-abortion causes?What will remain of the legacy of a man who was the last of the oil titans, creating a major integrated company in the mode of John D. Rockefeller?

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Imprint: John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin: United States
Series: Bloomberg
Release date: November 2015
First published: 2016
Authors: Tina Davis • Jessica Resnick-Ault
Dimensions: 232 x 163 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-92344-3
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > Petroleum & oil industries
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LSN: 1-118-92344-8
Barcode: 9781118923443

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