Henri Deterding
Dutch entrepreneur, (1886-1939) chairman of the combined Royal Dutch/Shell oil company · Netherlands · On the map · Founders · Lived 1866 to 1939 · aged 72
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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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.
