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Michael Roderick Oliver is an English businessman, philanthropist and chairman of three Cheshire-based companies – Oliver Valves, Oliver Valvetek and Oliver Twinsafe – which manufacture high-pressure valves for the oil and gas sector. == Business career == Michael Oliver established his first business, Oliver Valves, in 1979 in a one-car garage at his home in Hale, Cheshire, England.〔("The Sunday Times online - Leading Edge : My biggest influence was the Viet Cong" ) ''thesundaytimes.co.uk'' 23 July 2010〕〔("The Daily Telegraph Online - Engineer calls for tax breaks for exporters" ) ''telegraph.co.uk'' 21 August 2012〕 The business began by producing a single product – an innovative severe-service needle valve.〔 Today, the three companies sell over 400,000 valves a year, employ over 350 people in Knutsford and 600 internationally and operate through offices in 10 locations around the world, including Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Brazil and Houston. The companies’ customers are major energy companies including Petrobras and Exxon.〔("Financial Times online - A bastion of British engineering" ) ''ft.com'' 3 May 2011〕〔("The Daily Telegraph online - Find the right partner to be an exporting success" ) ''telegraph.co.uk'' 18 July 2013〕〔("Real Business - How to get on the Sunday Times Rich List" ) realbusiness.co.uk 9 May 2011〕 The 2013 Sunday Times Rich List placed him as Britain's 169th richest person with an estimated £517million fortune.〔〔("The Sunday Times online - Wealth reaches new peaks" ) ''thesundaytimes.co.uk'' 21 April 2013〕〔("Sky News online - Britain's Rich Enjoying Record Wealth" ) ''news.sky.com'' 28 April 2012〕 He was awarded the Order of the British Empire by the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2012 and has been a Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire since 2011.〔("Knutsford Guardian online - Oliver Valves boss Michael Oliver awarded OBE in Queen's birthday honours list" ) knutsfordguardian.co.uk 21 June 2012〕〔("Cheshire Lieutenancy - Deputy Lieutenants F-O" ) cheshirelieutenancy.org.uk 21 June 2012〕〔("Manchester Evening News online - Exports push Oliver Valves profits to almost £20m" ) ''manchestereveningnews.co.uk'' 10 December 2012〕 He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering by the University of Chester for his services to Engineering in 2013.〔("University of Chester website - A day to cherish for new graduates" ) chester.ac.uk 15 March 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Roderick Oliver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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