John Birch Society: The Koch Brothers

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The family found an improved method for converting heavy fuel into gasoline. The Father, Fred, worked in the Soviet Union helping Stalin build oil-processing units in different refineries. The experiences while he was here made him an anti-communist. In 1958, he became one of the founders of the John Birch Society that encouraged limited government. Koch Industries consist of manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, minerals, fertilizers investments and many more. Nearly 60,000 people are employed in their industries and 40,000 are in 59 other countries. $115 Billion is the annual revenue for their company. They are the second largest privately owned company and they are responsible for a large amount of pollutions such …show more content…

There were times when the brothers didn’t agree on things so they each choose a direction in life. Charles was the second son and was the one that was deemed to take over the family company. He became the VEO of Rock Island and Refining in 1967 and has been watching over the company since then. He even changed the name of the business to Koch Industries in honor of his father. In America he is best known due to the large investments in policies and political groups that he makes. He invests in groups that further the idea of a free-market agenda such as The Cato Institute and the libertarian think tank. David is the vice president of Koch Industries and also the chairman of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. He also supports the arts and cancer research. Charles and David bought our their brothers so they could be the owners of the company. Bill Koch founded Oxbow Carbon, an energy company, Frederick was not interested in having anything to do with the oil industries. He was the only brother who did not attend school where his father went to (MIT). Instead, he graduated from Harvard and Yale. Now he is best known for his art and being a

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