Adrian Dalsey
Adrian Dalsey (born October 14, 1914 in Illinois ( USA ), † October 10, 1994 in Walnut Creek , California , USA). Together with Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn , he founded the courier service DHL in 1969 , which delivered documents from San Francisco to Honolulu by air . Dalsey was responsible for sales here. In 1980 Dalsey sold his shares in the company. DHL was taken over by Deutsche Post AG in 2002, when it was incorporated into the group as a division / subsidiary (DHL Express). In 2009 the abbreviation DHL was also included in the new name of the parent company ("Deutsche Post DHL"); In 2015 the logo was adapted accordingly.
Adrian Dalsey was born in Illinois to a Jewish-Polish father and an American mother and attended Wheaton College , from which he later resigned. He was first married to Marjorie Schutt Dalsey and had two children, Jonathan and Jennifer. He later divorced and married his second wife Annie after their third son Harry was born. This marriage lasted until his death in 1994.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Po Chung; Roger Bowie: DHL - From Startup to Global Upstart. Chapter 1: Born Global. De | G PRESS, Berlin / Boston 2017, ISBN 978-1-5015-0755-7 , p. 1.
- ↑ Po Chung; Roger Bowie: DHL - From Startup to Global Upstart. Chapter 3: The Start-up Years. De | G PRESS, Berlin / Boston 2017, ISBN 978-1-5015-0755-7 , p. 11, accessed from de Gruyter (online).
- ↑ http://www.horizont.net/marketing/nachrichten/Neues-Post-Logo-Eine-grosse-gelbe-Familie-133315
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| SURNAME | Dalsey, Adrian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entrepreneur, co-founder of the courier company DHL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1994 |
| Place of death | Walnut Creek |