John Hugh Liedtke

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1913-Today Pennzoil
1953 The company traces its origins to Zapata Petroleum Corporation, founded in 1953 by former-U.S. President George H. W. Bush, along with his business partners John Overbey, Hugh Liedtke, Bill Liedtke, and Thomas J. Devine.
1953 The initial $1 million investment for Zapata was provided by the Liedtke brothers and their circle of investors, by Bush's father Prescott Bush and his maternal grandfather George Herbert Walker, and their family's circle of friends.
1953-? Zapata Petroleum Corporation
1961-1962 During the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Zapata allowed its oil rigs to be used as listening posts.
Zapata Oil