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Henri Deterding

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Dutch entrepreneur, (1886-1939) chairman of the combined Royal Dutch/Shell oil company

FoundersLived 1866 to 1939 · aged 72
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Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, 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.

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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Officer of the Legion of Honour
commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy‎
Order of St. Sava

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Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, 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. He succeeded the founder of Royal Dutch, Jean Baptiste August Kessler, when he died, and made Royal Dutch Shell a competitor to John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil and one of the world's largest petroleum companies.

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Lived 1866 to 1939 · aged 72
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