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Charles Waterhouse "Chip" Goodyear IV (born January 18, 1958) is an American businessman and the former CEO of BHP. He is a member of the Goodyear family that had extensive business interests in lumber and railways, as well as significant philanthropic endeavors.
Charles Goodyear (1800–1860) was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer. Charles Goodyear may also refer to: Charles Goodyear (politician) (1804–1876), United States Representative from New York; Charles W. Goodyear (1846–1911), attorney and President of the Great Southern Lumber Company
Charles Goodyear was born on December 29, 1800, in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Amasa Goodyear, and the oldest of six children.His father was a descendant of Stephen Goodyear, successor to Governor Eaton as the head of the company London Merchants, who founded the colony of New Haven in 1638.
Goodyear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Goodyear, American archaeologist in South Carolina; Anson Goodyear (1877–1964), American businessman and philanthropist; Charles Goodyear (1800–1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber, Goodyear Tire Company; Charles Goodyear (1804–1876), United States Representative from ...
Frank Goodyear died in 1907, shortly before the Panic of 1907, and Charles Goodyear died in 1911. [6] Amid uncertain economic times, the Great Southern Lumber Company sawmill began operation in 1908. Younger generations of Goodyears took over positions in the company that had been held by their elders.
The company would be named for Charles Goodyear, the discoverer of vulcanization, who had died penniless almost forty years before. [6] While Seiberling and his brother Charles were the co-founders of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, its first president was David E. Hill, a business associate who purchased $30,000 of the company's initial ...
Petrohawk Energy Corporation was an independent energy company headquartered in Houston, Texas.Founded in 2003, Petrohawk grew rapidly through mergers and acquisitions. The company was originally known as Beta Oil & Gas until shareholders approved a name change on July 15, 2
Three of the four buildings of Four Oaks Place. Four Oaks Place is a complex of skyscrapers in Uptown Houston, Texas, United States.Managed by CBRE, the complex includes the 420 ft (128 m) 1330 Post Oak Boulevard (sometimes referred to as the Aon Building [1]), the 25-story 351 ft (107m) BHP Billiton Tower (1360 Post Oak Boulevard), Wells Fargo Tower (1300 Post Oak Boulevard), and the Interfin ...