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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Oliver_ChaceOliver Chace - Wikipedia

    Oliver Chace (August 24, 1769 – May 21, 1852) was an American 18th and 19th-century businessman. He was the founder of several New England textile manufacturing companies in the early 19th century, including the Valley Falls Company, the original antecedent of Berkshire Hathaway, which as of 2019 is one of the largest and most valuable ...

  2. May 22, 2014 · Oliver Chace was a Quaker who started as a carpenter and built a textile empire in New England. He founded the nucleus of Berkshire Hathaway, one of the largest companies in the world, which was later acquired by Warren Buffett.

  3. May 9, 2004 · Oliver Chace founded the Valley Falls Co. in 1806, which later merged with Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing and Hathaway Manufacturing to form Berkshire-Hathaway Co. in 1955. Warren Buffett bought the company in 1965 and transformed it into a diversified conglomerate.

  4. The Valley Falls Company was founded in 1839 by Oliver Chace, in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, a historic mill village on both sides of the Blackstone River, within the modern-day town of Cumberland and city of Central Falls, Rhode Island.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chase_OliverChase Oliver - Wikipedia

    Chase Russell Oliver (born August 16, 1985) is an American political activist, sales account executive, HR representative and nominee of the Libertarian Party for the 2024 United States presidential election. [1] [2] [3] Oliver was the Libertarian candidate for the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia and the 2020 Georgia's 5th ...

  6. Oct 9, 2022 · Oliver Chace (August 24, 1769 – May 21, 1852) was the founder of several New England textile manufacturing companies in the early 19th century, including the Valley Falls Company, the original antecedent of Berkshire Hathaway, currently one of the largest companies in the world.

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  8. Feb 8, 2019 · Enter Oliver Chase, an English-born pharmacist who’d recently immigrated to Boston. Chase made apothecary lozenges, rolling ropes of sugar-and-gum dough mixed with medicinal ingredients and ...

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