On June 10, 1995, Browne was made CEO of British Petroleum
John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil of Ohio in 1911. The company was eventually bought by British Petroleum, now known as BP.
posted to London in 1981
He defeated the British warship Serapis
John Burgoyne helped the British.He was a British army cheif.
tough and cerebral and a workaholic who frightened subordinates with his calm, penetrating assessments of their work. He was even tempered, however
In September 1991 Browne was elected to the board of directors of British Petroleum.
in April 1986 making Browne chief financial officer and executive vice president of the company.
graduated in 1969, Browne seemed destined to pursue graduate studies and a career as a college don. At his father's urging, however, Browne joined British Petroleum for a year
In 1987 Browne oversaw British Petroleum's buyout of the remaining 45 percent of Sohio for $7.9 billion. That year Browne became executive vice president and chief financial officer of BP America.
Instead of returning to school Browne spent 10 years traveling America, moving from one British Petroleum office to another, all the while absorbing the business and loving the United States.
John Browne died in 1662.
John Browne was born in England.
John Collis Browne died in 1884.
John Collis Browne was born in 1819.
John T. Browne died in 1941.
John T. Browne was born in 1845.
John Ross Browne died in 1875.