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Robert Wilson

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About Robert Wilson

Sir Robert Peter Wilson (born September 1943) is a British businessman. He has been the chairman of Rio Tinto Group and of BG Group.

Wilson started his career with Mobil, and then Dunlop Tyres, before joining the mining company Rio Tinto in 1970. He rose to chief executive in 1991.

In 2004, Wilson became non-executive chairman BG Group, having been a non-executive director since 2002.

Honours Wilson was appointed a KCMG by the UK government.

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· Wikipedia: Robert Wilson

· Wikidata: Q85797555

· DBpedia: Robert Wilson (businessman, born 1943)

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