Robert Horton (businessman)
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Sir Robert Baynes Horton FRSA (18 August 1939 – 30 December 2011) was a British businessman. He was a director of the European Advisory Council and of Emerson Electric Company.[1] He spent 30 years working for BP, formerly British Petroleum. He became Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board of BP in March 1990, but was forced out in 1992.[2]
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Sir Robert Horton | |
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Born | Robert Baynes Horton (1939-08-18)18 August 1939 London, England |
Died | 30 December 2011(2011-12-30) (aged 72) |
Education | King's School, Canterbury University of St Andrews Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Spouse |
Sally Doreen Wells (m. 1962) |
8th Chairman of British Petroleum | |
In office 1990–1992 | |
Preceded by | Sir Peter Walters |
Succeeded by | John Baring |
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