Bill Allen (corporate CEO)
William J. "Bill" Allen is the co-founder and former CEO of the Alaska oilfield services company VECO Corporation. VECO Corporation was an Alaska-based oil pipeline service and construction company. Bill Allen was born in New Mexico and at the age of 16 left for the oil fields of Alaska to become a welder to help support his family. Founded in 1968 by Allen, VECO began as a one truck welding and repair operation that grew to become a major player in the Alaskan and worldwide oil industries' support services business. VECO also was a worldwide player in the oil industry, having divisions in many major oil markets. VECO had a major impact on the economy of Alaska and employed over 5,000 people worldwide.
Read more about Bill Allen (corporate CEO): Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, The Alaska Political Investigation, Allen's Resignation From VECO, Sale of VECO Corporation
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“As for farming, I am convinced that my genius dates from an older era than the agricultural. I would at least strike my spade into the earth with such careless freedom but accuracy as the woodpecker his bill into a tree.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)