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Louis Blaustein
Louis Blaustein (1869–1937) was an American businessman and philanthropist who founded the American Oil Company (AMOCO).
==Biography==
Blaustein was born in Lithuania to a Jewish family〔Rader Marcus, Jacob (United States Jewry, 1776–1985, Volumes 1–2 ) p. 276〕 and immigrated to the United States in 1883〔(Jewish Telegraph Agenacy: "Louis Blaustein, Oil Magnate, Philanthropist, Dead at 68" ) July 29, 1937〕 at the age of fourteen.〔(Blaustein Philanthropic Group Family History ) retrieved April 8, 2015〕 He worked as a peddler in Pennsylvania and then moved to Baltimore where he and his son Jacob delivered kerosene on a horse-drawn wagon. He then took a job with the where he took a job with the Standard Oil Company〔 where he eventually saved enough capital〔 to found his own oil company in 1910, the American Oil Company (AMOCO)〔〔 and incorporated it in 1922. In 1924, the Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company purchased a 50% interest in the company for $5 million〔 in exchange for a guaranteed supply of oil. Before this deal, Amoco was forced to depend on Standard Oil of New Jersey, a competitor, for its supplies.〔 In 1925, Standard Oil of Indiana acquired Pan American beginning John D. Rockefeller's association with the AMOCO name.〔
AMOCO pioneered the concepts of the drive-in gas station, the first metered gasoline pump (which showed the quantity and total price of fuel received), and the original anti-knock gasoline which allowed the development of the high-compression engine.〔〔 AMOCO would expand vertically owning refineries, steamship terminals, and truck fleets in addition to its vast network of service stations.〔
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