Larry Hillblom

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Larry Hillblom was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the global logistics and courier company DHL.

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Larry Hillblom canonical 2
Larry Lee Hillblom 1

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instanceOf businessperson
company founder
entrepreneur
human
associatedWith Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan economy
businessModel airport-to-airport document courier service in early DHL years
businessRegion global
causeOfDeath airplane crash
coFounded DHL
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1943-05-12
dateOfDeath 1995-05-21
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley School of Law
surface form: UC Berkeley School of Law

University of California, Berkeley
employer DHL
familyName Hillblom
fieldOfStudy law
foundedBy DHL co-founders Adrian Dalsey
DHL co-founders Robert Lynn
gender male
givenName Larry
hasPartIn expansion of DHL in Asia
industry courier services
logistics
knownFor co-founding DHL
languageSpoken English
legacy major role in creating global express delivery industry
legalIssue posthumous paternity and inheritance disputes
mannerOfDeath accident
name Larry Hillblom self-linksurface differs
surface form: Larry Lee Hillblom
nationality American
netWorth billionaire (at time of death)
notableEvent disappearance in 1995 plane crash over Pacific Ocean
notableFor pioneering international overnight document delivery
notableWork development of international courier services at DHL
occupation businessman
entrepreneur
philanthropy Hillblom Foundation (medical research funding)
placeOfBirth Kingsburg, California, United States
placeOfDeath near Pagan Island, Northern Mariana Islands
positionHeld executive at DHL
residence Saipan
surface form: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
transportMode air courier services

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DHL foundedBy Larry Hillblom
Adrian Dalsey partnerInBusinessWith Larry Hillblom
Larry Hillblom name Larry Hillblom self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Larry Lee Hillblom