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Leon Hess (March 14, 1914 – May 7, 1999) was an American businessman, the founder of the Hess Corporation and the owner of the New York Jets.Hess built an oil terminal in New Jersey after the Great Depression, building his first refinery in the late 1950s.
Hess Oil and Chemical was founded in 1933 by Leon Hess as an operation out of Asbury Park, New Jersey that sold refining leftovers to hotels as heating fuel. [4] [9] In 1938, he purchased land in Perth Amboy for his first oil storage terminal and in 1958 opened the company's first refinery, located in Port Reading. [11]
Hess was born in 1954 to a Jewish family, [2] [3] the son of Norma and Leon Hess.His father was the founder of the Hess Oil and Chemical, which later became the Amerada Hess Corporation and is now known as the Hess Corporation.
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Shareholders recognize that Hess's compensation policy is structured to reward mediocrity: support for Hess's "Say on Pay" ranked 149 th out of 156 Energy Companies and 427 th out of the 450 S&P ...
Leon Hess became well known for his Hess Corporation gas stations; however, he also played an instrumental part in the development of the Jets during his tenure as co-owner and eventual sole owner. Hess had often fought for improvements while the team was a tenant at Shea Stadium but generally stayed away from football operations, allowing his ...
The Jets were undergoing a transition of ownership from Leon Hess to Woody Johnson, and Belichick decided that he didn't want to be a part of it. Weeks later, Belichick took the head coaching ...
The Jets' lease at Shea Stadium was due to expire after 1983; Jets majority owner Leon Hess and New York Mayor Ed Koch attempted to negotiate a new lease for the team. The Jets wanted the city to redevelop the stadium to expand its capacity to 67,000 and to alleviate its rundown state.