death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
05 august 1911 cananea , sonora , mexico duck creek , wisconsin american 26 august 1852 founder of cananea , sonora williamcornellgreene.jpg william cornell greene
 william cornell greene businessman
william cornell greene

colonel william cornell greene -lrb- august 26 , 1852 - august 5 , 1911 -rrb- was an american businessman who was famous for discovering rich copper reserves in cananea , mexico , and for founding the greene consolidated copper company in 1899 .
by 1905 , greene was one of the wealthiest businessmen in the world .
