Frederick Robinson Koch ( born August 26, 1933) is an American collector and philanthropist, the eldest of the four sons born to which American industrialist chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries?
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Frederick R. Koch Frederick Robinson Koch ( ; born August 26, 1933) is an American collector and philanthropist, the eldest of the four sons born to American industrialist Fred Chase Koch, founder of what is now Koch Industries, and Mary Clementine (Robinson) Koch.
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Fred C. Koch Fred Chase Koch ( ; September 23, 1900 – November 17, 1967) was an American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries, a privately held company which, under the principal ownership and leadership of Koch's sons, Charles and David, is listed by "Forbes," as of 2015, as the second-largest privately held company in the United States.
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Donald Newhouse Donald Edward Newhouse (born 1929) is an American heir, business magnate and philanthropist. Together with his brother Samuel, he owns Advance Publications, founded by their late father in 1922, whose properties include Condé Nast (publisher of such magazines as "Vogue", "Vanity Fair", "The New Yorker", etc.), dozens of newspapers across the United States (including "The Star-Ledger", "The Plain Dealer", "The Oregonian", etc.), cable company Bright House Networks and a controlling stake in Discovery Communications. According to "Forbes", with an estimated net worth of $10.5 billion and the 56th richest person in the United States. He resides in New York City.
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Frank K. Houston Frank K. Houston (1881-1973) was an American banker and philanthropist. Born on a Southern plantation in Tennessee, he was a banking executive in Nashville, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri in the 1900s-1910s. He joined the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank in New York City in 1920, and served as its president from 1935 to 1945, and as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1945 to 1947.
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John Mason (businessman) John Mason (c. 1773 – September 26, 1839) was an early American businessperson, merchant and banker. Mason served as the second president of Chemical Bank from 1831 through 1839 and would later be referred to as "the father of the Chemical Bank". Mason was a founder of the New York and Harlem Railroad, one of the first railroads in the United States in 1831 and served as the company's second president.
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Harris Newmark Harris Newmark (July 5, 1834 – 1916) was a Prussian-American businessman, philanthropist, and historian. Born in Löbau in Province of Saxony (now Saxony, in eastern Germany) Newmark emigrated to the United States in 1853, sailed from Europe to New York City to San Francisco, and finally settled in Los Angeles. The Newmark clan was one of the founding families of the Los Angeles area.
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Robert Knight (industrialist) Robert Knight (8 January 1826–26 November 1912) was a New England industrialist and philanthropist, who was a partner with his brother Benjamin Knight in B. B. & R. Knight and was one of the largest textile manufacturers in the world when he died in 1912. He co-founded the large and famous brand, Fruit of the Loom, now owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
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Josiah K. Lilly Sr. Josiah Kirby Lilly Sr. (November 18, 1861 – February 8, 1948), nicknamed "J. K.," was an American businessman, pharmaceutical industrialist, and philanthropist who became president and chairman of the board of Eli Lilly and Company, the pharmaceutical firm his father, Colonel Eli Lilly, founded in 1876. Josiah, the colonel's sole heir, began working at his father’s company at the age of fourteen. He graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and became superintendent of the Lilly laboratories in 1882 and company president in 1898. Under his leadership the company introduced standardized manufacturing processes, expanded its sales force, and increased its research efforts to develop new drugs. Eli Lilly and Company grew into one of the largest and most influential pharmaceutical corporations in the world, and the largest corporation in Indiana. Lilly’s eldest son, Eli Jr., succeeded him as president in 1932. His younger son, Josiah Jr. ("Joe"), succeeded Eli as company president in 1948. J. K. served as chairman of the board from 1932 until his death in 1948.
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Robert F. Smith (investor) Robert Frederick Smith (born December 1, 1962) is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. A former chemical engineer and investment banker, he is the founder, chairman and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Smith was ranked by "Forbes" in 2016 as the 274th richest person in America, the second wealthiest African American on the list after Oprah Winfrey. He was #688 on "Forbes" 2016 list of the world's billionaires, with a net worth of US$3 billion.. In 2017, Smith was named by "Forbes" as one of the 100 greatest living business minds.
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Donald L. Bryant Jr. Donald L. Bryant Junior (born 1942) is an American businessman, art collector, vineyard owner and philanthropist. He is the chairman emeritus of The Bryant Group, a St. Louis-based wealth management firm. His Bryant Family Vineyards in Napa, California produces some of the country's most highly-rated wines.
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Thomas Maurice Mulry Thomas Maurice Mulry (13 February 1855 – 10 March 1916) was an American businessman and philanthropist.
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Charles Schusterman Charles Schusterman (1935–2000) was a Russian-born American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Samson Investment Company, a privately owned oil and gas company with oilfield investments in the United States, Canada, Venezuela and Russia. He was a large donor to Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. He and his wife, Lynn Schusterman founded the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.
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Paul Soros Paul Soros (Hungarian: "Soros Pál" ; June 5, 1926 – June 15, 2013) was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. Soros founded Soros Associates, which designs and develops bulk handling and port facilities. Soros Associates currently operates in ninety-one countries worldwide, as of 2013. Paul Soros was the older brother of George Soros, a successful businessman and financier.
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Emlen Roosevelt William Emlen Roosevelt (April 30, 1857 – May 15, 1930) was a prominent New York City banker who held a wide range of positions in numerous organizations and was a cousin of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. He was president of Roosevelt & Son, the banking firm founded by his father James Alfred Roosevelt.
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. (September 22, 1912 – November 12, 1999) was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, a son of the first Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who died a hero in the sinking of the RMS "Lusitania". His mother, Margaret Emerson (daughter of the Bromo-Seltzer inventor Isaac E Emerson), was one of America's wealthiest women and most sought-after hostesses, operating at least seven large estates around the country. His grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, had been one of America's most revered businessman; his great-grandfather, William Henry Vanderbilt had been the richest man in the world. "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt started the family fortune in shipping and railroads as the founder of the New York Central Railroad and builder of Grand Central Terminal in New York.
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Charles W. Gehrke Charles W. Gehrke (18 July 1917 in New York City, New York – 10 February 2009 in Columbia, Missouri) was an American chemist, researcher and business entrepreneur.
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Stephen F. Mayer Stephen F. Mayer (February 4, 1854 – August 3, 1935) was an American businessman and politician.
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Robert L. Stuart Robert Leighton Stuart (1806-1882), with his brother Alexander (1810-1879), owned the New York sugar refining business of "R. L. & A. Stuart". They were philanthropists who donated most of their money to charitable causes. Robert was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History and president from 1872 until 1881.
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Koch family foundations The Koch family foundations are a group of charitable foundations in the United States associated with the family of Fred C. Koch. The most prominent of these are the Charles Koch Foundation and the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, created by Charles Koch and David Koch, two sons of Fred C. Koch who own the majority of Koch Industries, an oil, gas, paper, and chemical conglomerate which is the US's second-largest privately held company. Charles' and David's foundations have provided millions of dollars to a variety of organizations, including libertarian and conservative think tanks. Areas of funding include think tanks, political advocacy, climate change scepticism, higher education scholarships, cancer research, arts, and science.
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Curt Engelhorn Curt Rudolf Glover Engelhorn (25 May 1926 – 13 October 2016) was a German billionaire heir and businessman, the great-grandson of Friedrich Engelhorn, the founder of the chemical company BASF.
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Haldor Topsøe (1913–2013) Haldor Frederik Axel Topsøe (24 May 1913 – 20 May 2013) was a Danish engineer and founder and Chairman of the catalysis company "Haldor Topsøe". He was grandson of the chemist and crystallographer Haldor Topsøe (1842–1935) from who he has got his name.
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Irving Kahn Irving Kahn (December 19, 1905 – February 24, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. He was the oldest living active investor. He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, the creator of the value investing methodology. Kahn began his career in 1928 and continued to work until his death. He was chairman of Kahn Brothers Group, Inc., the privately owned investment advisory and broker-dealer firm that he founded with his sons, Thomas and Alan, in 1978.