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Firestone, Harvey Samuel

Name :             Firestone, Harvey Samuel
Birth :               (1868-1938)
Nationallity :   American
Occupation :   industrialist

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Firestone, Harvey Samuel (1868-1938), American industrialist, born in Columbiana County, Ohio. At the age of 27, he became president of the Firestone Rubber Company in Chicago, with which he remained associated for four years. Then in 1900, with 17 workers, he formed the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio. He was company president, 1903-1932, and board chairman, 1932-1935. At the instigation of Firestone the rubber-growing potential of the Philippines and of South America was assessed, and much American capital was invested to develop the rubber industry in those countries. In 1926 Firestone leased 404,686 ha (1 million acres) in Liberia. In the next decade, he established rubber plants on 24,281 hectares (60,000 acres) there. As president (1916-1918) of the Rubber Association of America, he directed the conversion of the rubber industry for wartime production during World War I.
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