Robert Nobel

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Robert Nobel (1829 – 1896) was the oldest son of Immanuel Nobel and his wife Mina Ahlsell, brother of Ludvig and Alfred Nobel.

He was working for his brother Ludvig when he bought an interest in an oil refinery in Baku in 1876. He and his brother started Branobel, which was an important early oil company that controlled a large amount of Russian output.

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• Yergin, Daniel (1991). The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power. Free Press. ISBN 0-671-79932-0.