FounderDuels

Ask us to remove this page

Henri Deterding

@henrideterding

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

Building Shell as Founder · Netherlands

  • Website not added yet
  • LinkedIn not added yet
  • X not added yet
  • Instagram not added yet
  • Facebook not added yet

Key facts

Lived
1866–1939

About

Henri Deterding (1866–1939) was an entrepreneur and art collector. They were born in Amsterdam.

In context

Shell was founded in 1890 and has no closure on record. Among the 5 other petroleum industry companies founded in the 1890s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 120 years.

Named alongside

Contribution

Henri's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.

Company