Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bechtel's business activities began in 1898, when cattle farmer Warren A. Bechtel moved from Peabody, Kansas, to the Oklahoma Territory to construct railroads with his team of mules. [6][7] Bechtel moved his family frequently between construction sites around the western United States for the next several years, eventually moving to Oakland ...
Stephen Davison Bechtel Jr. (May 10, 1925 – March 15, 2021) was an American billionaire businessman, civil engineer, and co-owner of the Bechtel Corporation. He was the son of Stephen Davison Bechtel Sr. and grandson of Warren A. Bechtel, who founded the Bechtel Corporation. He was known for expanding the global footprint of the corporation ...
Riley Peart Bechtel CBE (born March 25, 1952) [1] is an American billionaire heir and businessman. He was the chairman of the Bechtel Corporation until April 2017. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of July 2021, his estimated net worth is US$2.7 billion.
August 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM. Luxurious and secluded, a spectacular residence on an immense lot in Northern California that built for a member of the billionaire Bechtel family in 1958 has hit the ...
Brendan Peters Bechtel (born 1981) is an American businessman who is the chairman and chief executive officer of Bechtel, [1] the second largest construction company in the United States, [2] which has operations in 160 countries. [3] The great-great-grandson of founder Warren A. Bechtel, [4] he became CEO at the age of 35, [5] and is the fifth ...
United States. Area served. United States. Website. Fremont Group. Fremont Group is a private investment group based in San Francisco, California, United States. It was formerly known as Bechtel Investments up until 1993, reflecting its ownership by the Bechtel family. [1] In 1993, its name was officially changed to Fremont Investors, Inc. [2]
Warren Augustine Bechtel was born on September 12, 1872, on a stock farm in Freeport, Illinois, as the fifth child of Elizabeth (Bentz) and John Moyer Bechtel in a family of two boys and five girls. [2][3][4] In 1884, his family moved to Kansas. [4] In 1891, Warren graduated from Peabody High School in Peabody, Kansas. [5]
History of equity and trusts. The law of trusts was constructed as a part of "Equity", a body of principles that arose in the Courts of Chancery, which sought to correct the strictness of the common law. The trust was an addition to the law of property, in the situation where one person held legal title to property but the courts decided it was ...