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The result was: rejected by  Tentinator  09:27, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Article title in plain text; no [[ ]]William K. Warren, Sr.

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  • ... that ....?...William K. Warren could not afford to go to high school. He moved to Oklahoma, working a variety of jobs in the oil industry. In 1922, he founded his own company in Tulsa. He sold Warren Petroleum Company to Gulf Oil Corporation in 1953 for $420 million. The sale was called the largest exchange of money in the oil industry until then.

Created/expanded by [[User:|User:]] ([[User talk:|talk]]). Nominated by Bruin2 (talk) at 15:10, 21 March 2013 (UTC).