Calouste Gulbenkian

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art collector businessperson human philanthropist

Calouste Gulbenkian was an influential Armenian-British businessman and philanthropist, known as “Mr. Five Percent” for his pivotal role in the early oil industry and for founding the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art collector → businessperson → human → philanthropist →
birthDate	1869-03-23 →
burialPlace	São João Baptista Cemetery, Lisbon →
countryOfCitizenship	France → Ottoman Empire → Portugal → United Kingdom →
deathDate	1955-07-20 →
educatedAt	King's College London →
ethnicGroup	Armenian →
familyName	Gulbenkian →
fieldOfWork	oil industry → petroleum finance → philanthropy →
founded	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation → Calouste Gulbenkian Museum →
givenName	Calouste →
hasHeritage	Armenian diaspora →
hasPartInCollection	European painting → Islamic art → ancient Egyptian art →
knownFor	holding a 5 percent share in the Iraq Petroleum Company → large art collection → negotiating oil concessions in the Middle East →
languageSpoken	Armenian → English → French → Turkish →
memberOf	Iraq Petroleum Company →
movement	Armenian philanthropy →
nickname	Mr. Five Percent →
notableAward	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France) → Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (Portugal) → Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil) →
notableWork	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation →
placeOfBirth	Istanbul → Ottoman Empire → Üsküdar →
placeOfDeath	Lisbon → Portugal →
religion	Armenian Apostolic Church →
residence	Lisbon → London → Paris →
sexOrGender	male →
workedFor	Royal Dutch Shell (as intermediary and negotiator) → Turkish Petroleum Company →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation → Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity →	namedAfter
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation →	foundedBy