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Stephen Bechtel Jr.
American businessman (1925–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 through several of its international projects. Some of the projects executed under his leadership of the company included King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh as well as Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia as well as oil platforms in the North Sea, liquefied natural gas plants in Algeria, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.
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Born | Stephen Davison Bechtel Jr. (1925-05-10)May 10, 1925 Oakland, California, U.S. |
Died | March 15, 2021(2021-03-15) (aged 95) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Purdue University Stanford Graduate School of Business |
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouse | Elizabeth Mead Hogan |
Children | 5, including Riley |
Parent | Stephen Bechtel Sr. |
Relatives | Warren A. Bechtel (grandfather) |
Bechtel also served on the board of General Motors and International Business Machines. He had a bachelor's degree from the Purdue University and a master's degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
At the time of his death, he had a net worth of nearly US$3 billion according to Forbes.[1]