George Keller; Bold Socal Head Led Historic Gulf Oil Takeover

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Publication: The Washington Post

Date: 2008-10-19 00:00:00

George M. Keller, 84, who, as head of Standard Oil of California, made business history in 1984 by taking over another huge oil company in an unprecedented $13 billion buyout that he characterized as a "bet-your-company deal," died Oct. 17 in California.

He died at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto of complications of knee surgery. He lived in San Mateo, Calif.

After being trained as a chemical engineer and rising through the ranks of Standard Oil of California (Socal), Mr. Keller was his company's chairman in 1984 when he put up ...

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