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Former Standard Oil chief dies

George Keller called an apostle of the ‘old-fashioned way’ by Fortune in 1984

George Keller, 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 was 84.

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