Leslie B. Worthington

Leslie B. Worthington (1902 - 3 ga Agusta, 1998) ta kasance babbar jami'ar kasuwanci 'yar asalin Ingila wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kamfanin US Steel daga 1959 zuwa 1967.

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Worthington a shekara ta 1902, a Ingila, da mahaifiyarsa sun yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka a shekara ta 1907 don shiga cikin mahaifinsa mai hakar kwal. Ya kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Illinois System kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sayar da kayayyaki ga Kamfanin Carnegie - Illinois Steel Corporation . Ya shiga Kamfanin Supply na Amurka a shekara ta 1942, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin shugabanta daga 1946 zuwa 1952. A shekara ta 1957, ya zama shugaban Columbia-Geneva Steel, wani sashe na Amurka Steel a San Francisco . 

An zaɓi Worthington a matsayin shugaban kamfanin ƙarfe na Amurka a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, 1959, bayan rasuwar tsohon shugabansa Walter F. Munford . A watan Janairun 1960, tare da sa hannun James P. Mitchell da Richard Nixon, ya ƙara albashin ma'aikata don yin shawarwari kan yajin aikin watanni shida. Ya kuma ƙara albashi a watan Afrilun 1962 tare da ƙara ƙarfe daga dala $6 zuwa dala $176 a kowace tan don yaƙar sukar John F. Kennedy game da masana'antar ƙarfe. Saboda haka, Kennedy ya ba da umarnin a gudanar da bincike kan Sherman Antitrust daga Ma'aikatar Baitulmalin Amurka . Ma'aikatar Baitulmalin ta gano cewa an sayar da ƙarfe ga Luxembourg akan rahusa fiye da kamfanonin Amurka.  Binciken ya haifar da raguwar farashi. An tuhumi kamfanin ƙarfe na Amurka a wasu ƙarar da aka shigar a gaban kotu a shekarar 1962, kuma a shekarar 1963, an ba da izinin ƙara farashin kamfanonin zuwa matsakaicin dala $4.85 a kowace tan. Daga baya ƙarin farashi a ƙarƙashin shugabancin Lyndon B. Johnson ba a ƙalubalanci shi ba. A shekarar 1966, Worthington ta ƙirƙiri reshen kamfanin sinadarai na USS. 

Worthington ya yi aure sau biyu: na farko ga Dorothy Helen Rice, wacce ta mutu a shekarar 1968, ta biyu bayan Bernice Hubbard.  Yana da 'ya'ya biyu. Ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1967, kuma ya mutu a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 1998, yana da shekaru 96, a Ligonier, Pennsylvania . 

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1998
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1902