- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Armand Hammer
Occidental Oil Company
1957 - 1990
Utilities & Energy
| Military Service | Army |
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b. 1898
| Education |  |
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| Undergraduate | Columbia University |
| Graduate | MD, Columbia University |
| Personal | |
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| Born-Died | 1898 - 1990 |
| Birthplace | New York (NY) |
| Race | White |
| Father | Professional |
Hammer expanded Occidental Oil from a tiny, near-bankrupt California oil firm into one of the “Big Oil” companies - turning it into a conglomerate, beginning with the acquisition of an oil concession from Libya. Hammer was also instrumental in initiating trade between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.