Charles Rolls
@charlesrolls
motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce
Building Rolls-Royce Limited as Founder
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1877–1910
- Educated at
- Eton College · Trinity College
About
Charles Rolls (1877–1910) was an entrepreneur and engineer. They were born in Berkeley Square. They studied at Eton College.
In context
Rolls-Royce Limited was founded in 1906 and closed in 1973, after 67 years. Among the 89 other automotive industry companies founded in the 1900s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 30 years, so this one outlasted most of them.
Named alongside
- Henry RoyceFounder
- James A. AllisonFounder
- Henry RoyceFounder
Contribution
Charles's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.