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Leon Hess (March 14, 1914 – May 7, 1999) was an American businessman, the founder of the Hess Corporation and the owner of the New York Jets. Hess built an oil terminal in New Jersey after the Great Depression, building his first refinery in the late 1950s.
May 8, 1999 · Leon Hess, who took over his family's bankrupt fuel-oil business during Depression and built it into major petroleum company, but is perhaps best known as owner of New York Jets football team...
Leon Hess was CEO from the early 1960s through 1995, after which his son John B Hess succeeded him as chairman and CEO. The company has agreed to be acquired by rival oil company Chevron. Headquartered in New York City, the company ranked 394th in the 2016 annual ranking of Fortune 500 corporations.
Leon Hess, age 19, forms Hess Incorporated; purchases a 1926 second-hand 615-gallon oil delivery truck and begins residential delivery, seven days a week, near his home in Asbury Park, N.J.
May 7, 1999 · Leon Hess, who made his fortune in oil and bought the New York Jets in 1963, passed away in 1999 of a blood disease. He was known for his generosity, paternalism and unfulfilled dream of another Super Bowl for the Jets.
The life of Leon Hess is a classic American success story. Born and reared in Asbury Park, NJ, he was an Army Transportation Corps officer with Patton’s Army in Europe during World War II.
Nov 13, 2015 · A new biography shines a light on the legendary life of Leon Hess, a butcher's son who founded a global energy behemoth and became the owner of the NFL's New York Jets.
