Arnold Peter Møller
Danish businessman (1876–1965)
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- Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – 12 June 1965), better known as A.
- Moller-Maersk Group in 1904.
- His mother came from a well-known shipping dynasty in Dragør and his maternal grandfather Hans Nielsen Jeppesen was known as "the King of Dragør".
- Møller and his father founded Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg (Steamship Company Svendborg) with a capital of DKK 150,000, to take advantage of business opportunities created by the introduction of steam ships.
- The two companies were merged as A.
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WikipediaArnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – 12 June 1965), better known as A. P. Møller, was a Danish shipping magnate and businessman who was the founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 1904.
A. P. Møller was the son of captain Peter Mærsk Møller and Anna Hans Jeppesen. His mother came from a well-known shipping dynasty in Dragør and his maternal grandfather Hans Nielsen Jeppesen was known as "the King of Dragør". The Møller family moved to Svendborg on Funen after having lost a power struggle against Anna's sisters and their husbands.
In 1904, A. P. Møller and his father founded Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg (Steamship Company Svendborg) with a capital of DKK 150,000, to take advantage of business opportunities created by the introduction of steam ships. A. P. Møller went on to found Dampskibsselskabet af 1912 (Steamship Company of 1912) to be free to operate his business as he chose. The two companies were merged as A.P. Møller-Mærsk in 2003. A. P. Møller married American Chastine Mc-Kinney, with whom he had two sons, Arnold and Hans, and two daughters, Jane and Sally. Arnold, also known under his middle names as Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, would become the long-term successor to A. P. Møller.
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