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Koch Industries


United States, Business Org    (1925 to present)
• Oil and gas refining conglomerate. Family owned. (See: Koch history)
• 1925 : Founded as Winkler-Koch Engineering
• 1945 : Name changed to Koch Engineering
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Koch, David H.   (Owner of, 1970 to 2019-08-23) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Co-owner and Vice President
Koch, Frederick C. (Fred)   (Founder of, 1925 to 1959) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Founder and CEO (See: Koch profile)
• 1927 : Developed new process for refining crude oil
• 1929 : Built several oil refineries in the Soviet Union (1929-32)