Robert Orville Anderson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Orville Anderson

American business leader, wildcatter and philanthropist

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1917

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 02-Dec-2007

Profession: businessperson, merchant, art collector

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Robert Orville Anderson

  • Robert Orville Anderson (April 13, 1917 – December 2, 2007) was an American businessman and philanthropist who founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co.
  • (since 2000 part of BP) through the 1966 merger of the Atlantic and Richfield oil companies and was Arco's chairman for two decades.
  • Anderson used his clout to support an array of major cultural organizations, from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to Harper's Magazine.
  • He died December 2, 2007 at his home in Roswell, New Mexico.Anderson turned Arco into the United States' sixth-largest oil company by the time he left in 1986 to pursue other interests.
  • He was by then the largest individual landowner in the United States, with ranches and other holdings in Texas and New Mexico amounting to some 2,000 square miles (5,200 km2) and a personal fortune estimated at $200 million.

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