Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (born 1869)

Calouste Gulbenkian

British-Armenian businessman (1869–1955)

Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was an Ottoman-born British Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development and is credited with being the first person to exploit Iraqi oil. Following…