John Watts
@johnwatts
English merchant and shipowner (d 1616)
Building East India Company as Founder
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1550–1616
About
John Watts lived from 1550 to 1616. They served as Sheriff of the City of London.
In context
East India Company was founded in 1600 and closed in 1874, after 274 years. Among the 8 other international trade companies we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 92 years, so this one outlasted most of them.
Named alongside
- George WhiteFounder
Contribution
John's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.