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William Larimer Mellon, Sr.

@william_sr

American businessman (1868–1949)

Building Gulf Oil as Founder · United States

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Lived
1868–1949

About

William Larimer Mellon, Sr. (1868–1949) was an executive. They were born in Pittsburgh.

In context

Gulf Oil was founded in 1901 and closed in 1985, after 84 years. Among the 5 other petroleum industry companies founded in the 1900s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 70 years, so this one outlasted most of them.

Contribution

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

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