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- Serie: Bloomberg
- Sprache: Englisch
A glimpse of the savvy that built a global corporation from scratch
Hess: The Last Oil Baron profiles a titan of the oil industry, mapping the journey of the quintessential American dream. The story of Leon Hess follows an immigrant kosher butcher's son as he builds an oil dynasty that may never be matched. The multinational, multi-billion-dollar company began with a single second-hand delivery truck and the Rockefeller-caliber business acumen of one young man. Interviews with former employees, beneficiaries, and even his high school sweetheart provide an insider's perspective on the man behind the legacy, allowing today's aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn from one of the nation's most inspiring success stories.
Leon Hess built a global empire from the ground up. Along the way, he fought in a war, did business with Muammar Qaddafi, won a Super Bowl as the owner of the Jets, was involved in Watergate, and introduced the Hess toy truck that became a holiday tradition for millions of Americans. More than just a book of business strategy, Hess tells the story of a life fascinatingly lived, and the legacy 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 push toward energy independence
- Study the strategy that turned a single-truck operation into a major integrated company
- Consider the challenges Hess Corp. faces to its family legacy today, and the solutions being implemented
Leon Hess' strategies and techniques can be emulated and imitated, but his entrepreneurial fire is something altogether more rare. Hess provides readers with a glimpse of the man whose unrivaled ambition changed an industry and a nation.
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Hess
The Last Oil Baron
Tina Davis
Jessica Resnick–Ault
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Copyright © 2016 by Tina Davis and Jessica Resnick-Ault. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Names: Davis, Tina, 1974– | Resnick-Ault, Jessica, 1980– Title: Hess : the last oil baron / Tina Davis, Jessica Resnick-Ault. Description: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2016] | Series: Bloomberg Press | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015031845 | ISBN 978-1-118-92344-3 (cloth); ISBN 978-1-118-92346-7 (ePDF); ISBN 978-1-118-92345-0 (ePub) Subjects: LCSH: Hess, Leon, 1914-1999. | Businessmen—United States—Biography. | Petroleum industry and trade—United States. Classification: LCC HD9570.H47 D39 2016 | DDC 338.7/6655092—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015031845
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Hess Family
Chapter 2: Hess at War
Chapter 3: After the War
Chapter 4: Amerada
Chapter 5: Hess Abroad
Chapter 6: Hess in DC
Chapter 7: Hess, Refined
Chapter 8: When You’re a Jet
Chapter 9: The Hess Truck’s Back
Chapter 10: Getting and Spending
Chapter 11: A New Hess
Chapter 12: Fight for Control
Chapter 13: The Last
References
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index
EULA
List of Illustrations
Chapter 2
Figure 2.1 U.S. Army truck used in World War II.
Figure 2.2 A World War II–era sign at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum summarizes how much the U.S. military relied on trucks to haul thousands of tons per day.
Chapter 5
Figure 5.1 Leon Hess’s letter to Amerada Hess shareholders.
Chapter 6
Figure 6.1 A check from Leon Hess to Dedicated Friends of Improved Government, a political organization that supported Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign.
Chapter 9
Figure 9.1 A few of the trucks on display inside the Hess Mobile Museum.
Figure 9.2 The original 1964 Hess truck introduced by Leon Hess.
Figure 9.3 The 2001 Hess truck collection, which included a helicopter, motorcycle, and cruiser.
Chapter 13
Figure 13.1 Hess’s former headquarters building in Woodbridge, New Jersey, and the gas station outside of it, now owned by Marathon.
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