COMPANY

Founded 1848 as Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which was acquired by Robert Dollar's Dollar Line in 1925. Dollar Line was nationalized by the US government and renamed American President Lines in 1938, only to be sold in 1952 to a team of investors led by Ralph K. Davies, for $18M. Its name shortened to APL in 1988. In 1997, APL merged with Singapore-based NOL.

Official Website:
http://www.apl.com/

Industry:
Transport

Ticker:
defunct

Corporate headquarters:
Oakland, CA

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
L. Dale Crandall	Business	c. 1941		President and COO of Kaiser Health, 2000-02
Henry F. Grady	Economist	12-Feb-1882	14-Sep-1957	First US Ambassador to India, 1947-48

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Warren Hellman	Business	25-Jul-1934		Hellman & Friedman
Toni Rembe	Attorney	c. 1938		Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop, 1971-2004

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