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Edward Laurence Doheny ( / doʊˈhiːni /; September 14, 1852 – September 19, 1927) was an American oil tycoon who, in 1892, drilled the first successful oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field. His success set off a petroleum boom in Southern California, and made him a fortune when, in 1902, he sold his properties.
Hunt was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, but lived most of his life in Dallas, Texas. [4] He was the son of Lyda Bunker and oil tycoon H. L. Hunt, who set up Placid Oil, once one of the biggest independent oil companies, [5] He had six siblings: Margaret Hunt Hill (1915–2007), H. L. Hunt III (1917–2005), Caroline Rose Hunt (1923–2018), Lyda Bunker Hunt (born and died in 1925), William ...
Gamefam was founded in 2019 in Los Angeles, California, United States, by Joe Ferencz, the current CEO. Ferencz was originally involved with bringing Hot Wheels into the Forza series and Rocket League, and while doing so, he was observing Roblox ' s success as a free-to-play video game platform. [ 6] Explaining his reason for founding Gamefam ...
T. Cullen Davis. Thomas Cullen Davis (born September 22, 1933) is an American former oil tycoon who is best known for being acquitted of murder and attempted murder in two high-profile trials during the 1970s. At the time of his first trial, Davis was believed to be the wealthiest man to have stood trial for murder in the United States. First ...
04035331. The History of the Standard Oil Company is a 1904 book by journalist Ida Tarbell. It is an exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in American history. Originally serialized in nineteen parts in McClure's magazine, the book is a seminal example of muckraking, and ...
Fiendish Games. [ 8] Airport Tycoon. Microsoft Windows. April 25, 2000. Krisalis Software. [ 9] Master of the Skies: The Red Ace. Microsoft Windows.
William Herbert Hunt. William Herbert Hunt (March 6, 1929 – April 9, 2024) was an American oil billionaire, who along with his brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and Lamar Hunt [ 1] tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. [ 2] According to Forbes, as of April 2024 his net worth was estimated at US$5.3 billion.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a 2024 spy action comedy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Guy Ritchie, and starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding and Alex Pettyfer. Based on the 2014 book Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien ...