Carl Eric Wickman

E305015

businessperson entrepreneur person

Carl Eric Wickman was a Swedish-American entrepreneur who built a small carpooling venture into Greyhound, the largest intercity bus transportation company in the United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Carl Eric Wickman canonical	2
Carl Eric	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ person ⓘ
associatedWith	Greyhound brand ⓘ
businessModel	carpooling service (early venture) ⓘ intercity bus service ⓘ
citizenship	Sweden ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfBusinessActivity	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
entrepreneurialActivity	organized carpooling for miners and workers ⓘ
ethnicity	Swedish-American ⓘ
familyName	Wickman ⓘ
fieldOfWork	intercity travel ⓘ public transportation ⓘ
founded	Greyhound Lines ⓘ
givenName	Carl Eric Wickman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carl Eric
industry	bus transportation ⓘ transportation ⓘ
influenced	development of long-distance bus networks in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	developing intercity bus transportation in the United States ⓘ founding Greyhound Lines ⓘ turning a small carpooling venture into a national bus company ⓘ
legacy	pioneer of large-scale intercity bus travel in North America ⓘ
migration	emigrated from Sweden to the United States ⓘ
name	Carl Eric Wickman self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
notableAchievement	built Greyhound into the largest intercity bus transportation company in the United States ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greyhound Lines → founder → Carl Eric Wickman ⓘ

Carl Eric Wickman → name → Carl Eric Wickman self-link ⓘ

Carl Eric Wickman → givenName → Carl Eric Wickman self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carl Eric