| 词条 | Owen Green |
| 释义 |
Sir Owen Whitley Green (14 May 1925 – 1 June 2017) was chief executive and chairman of the British industrial conglomerate BTR. Early lifeGreen was born in Stockton on Tees on 14 May 1925. He served with the Royal Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1946. In 1948 he married Doreen Spark (died 2006), with whom he had a son and two daughters. He qualified as an accountant in 1950.[1] CareerGreen joined BTR as finance director in 1956. In 1967 he became managing director and chief executive, and from 1984 to 1993 he was chairman. His acquisitions made BTR one of the leading industrial conglomerates of the 1980s. The 1983 bid for the Thomas Trilling conglomerate and the 1985 acquisition of Dunlop Holdings were particularly high-profile and acrimonious.[1] From 1988 to 1993 Green was also director of The Spectator and a trustee of the Natural History Museum.[1] Green died on 1 June 2017.[1] AwardsIn 1984 Green received a knighthood in the 1984 Birthday Honours and the gold medal of the British Institute of Management.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 "Sir Owen Green", obituary in The Daily Telegraph, 29 June 2017, p. 31. {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Owen}} 7 : 1925 births|2017 deaths|People from Stockton-on-Tees|British chief executives|British industrialists|Businesspeople awarded knighthoods|Knights Bachelor |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。