Jan Brouwer

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Person.png Jan Brouwer  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(engineer, business executive)
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BornLuitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
1910
Died1983 (Age 72)
NationalityDutch
Alma materDelft University of Technology
InterestsMathematics
Shell CEO. Bilderberg 1970.

Employment.png Shell/CEO

In office
1965 - 1970
Preceded byJohn Loudon
Bilderberg

Not to be confused with his more famous uncle, the Dutch mathematician with the same name, Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer (1881-1966).

Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer was a Dutch petroleum executive.

Background

His father was a geologist of international renown, his uncle, after whom he is named, a world-renowned mathematician. He himself graduated at the age of 21 in Delft as a mining engineer.[1]

Career

After his studies, Brouwer joined the Batavian Petroleum Company, where he worked as a geologist organizer and manager in the Far East. During World War 2, as liaison officer to General McArthur's forces, he was involved in the recapture of Hollandia and other parts of the Dutch East Indies.

From 1946 he filled increasingly responsible positions at the company. He ended his active career as president-director of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (Shell) in 1971. After that, he remained attached to the 'Royal' for another ten years as a commissioner.[2]


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