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

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.