Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray
@weetmanviscount
British politician (1856-1927)
Building Hess Corporation as Founder · United Kingdom
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1856–1927
About
Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray (1856–1927) was a politician and engineer. They were born in Yorkshire. They served as Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
In context
Hess Corporation was founded in 1919 and has no closure on record. Among the 10 other petroleum industry companies founded in the 1910s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 69 years.
Named alongside
- Leon HessFounder
Contribution
Weetman's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.