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Jake Simmons, Jr.

Joseph Jacob Simmons Jr. was a prominent African-American oilman. He "rose above humble beginnings to become the most successful and most recognizable black entrepreneur in the history of the petroleum industry." As an internationally known oil broker he partnered with Phillips Petroleum Company and Signal Oil and Gas Company to open up African oil fields in Liberia, Nigeria and Ghana. In 1969, he became the first black person to be appointed to the National Petroleum Council.

January 17, 1901 - March 24, 1981
For a man not to achieve the things he has an opportunity to do is such a waste of life. — © Jake Simmons, Jr.
For a man not to achieve the things he has an opportunity to do is such a waste of life.
One-tenth of the folks run the world. One-tenth watch them run it, and the other eighty percent don't know what the hell's going on.
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