Davis / Resnick-Ault Hess

The Last Oil Baron
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-92345-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Bloomberg

A glimpse of the savvy that built a global corporation fromscratch
Hess: The Last Oil Baron profiles a titan of the oilindustry, mapping the journey of the quintessential American dream.The story of Leon Hess follows an immigrant kosher butcher's son ashe builds an oil dynasty that may never be matched. Themultinational, multi-billion-dollar company began with a singlesecond-hand delivery truck and the Rockefeller-caliber businessacumen of one young man. Interviews with former employees,beneficiaries, and even his high school sweetheart provide aninsider's perspective on the man behind the legacy, allowingtoday's aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn from one ofthe nation's most inspiring success stories.
Leon Hess built a global empire from the ground up. Along theway, he fought in a war, did business with Muammar Qaddafi, won aSuper Bowl as the owner of the Jets, was involved in Watergate, andintroduced the Hess toy truck that became a holiday tradition formillions of Americans. More than just a book of business strategy,Hess tells the story of a life fascinatingly lived, and thelegacy he left behind.
* Discover the man behind the company, the Jets football team,and the iconic toy truck
* Learn how the actions of Leon Hess affected the modern pushtoward energy independence
* Study the strategy that turned a single-truck operation into amajor integrated company
* Consider the challenges Hess Corp. faces to its family legacytoday, and the solutions being implemented
Leon Hess' strategies and techniques can be emulated andimitated, but his entrepreneurial fire is something altogether morerare. Hess provides readers with a glimpse of the man whoseunrivaled ambition changed an industry and a nation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Tina

Resnick-Ault, Jessica

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii
Chapter 1: Hess Family 1
Chapter 2: Hess at War 29
Chapter 3: After the War 41
Chapter 4: Amerada 55
Chapter 5: Hess Abroad 71
Chapter 6: Hess in DC 89
Chapter 7: Hess, Refined 107
Chapter 8: When You're a Jet 127
Chapter 9: The Hess Truck's Back 153
Chapter 10: Getting and Spending 163
Chapter 11: A New Hess 177
Chapter 12: Fight for Control 219
Chapter 13: The Last 245
Notes 253
References 263
Acknowledgments 271
About the Authors 273
Index 275

Über Autor(innen)

TINA DAVIS is an editor for Bloomberg News and has been writing about energy issues for almost two decades. She previously worked forThe Economist, the Sunday Times of London, and The Energy Daily.
JESSICA RESNICK-AULT is an editor for Thomson Reuters and has been writing about energy for more than a decade. She previously worked forBloomberg News, Dow Jones Newswires, and The Providence Journal.