Henry A. Roemer

Henry A. Roemer (born Sep 27, 1884 in Ohio – died Nov 13, 1969) was president of Sharon Steel Corporation from 1931 to 1957. After accepting the role as president, Roemer was able to set a prime example of how to run a business during the depression. At the beginning of his first term, the company was losing half a million on $10 million sales. By the end of his presidency of the company, the Sharon Steel Corporation was producing $150 million in revenue and $4 million in earnings per year. Over the course of this 26 year presidency, the Sharon Steel Corporation was one of the best known steel companies in the regional Midwest steel industry.^[1] Roemer has been recognized as one as the greatest business leaders of the twentieth century^[2]

References

1. ↑ http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/henry_a_roemer.html
2. ↑ Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria. In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation, 2005.