death_date birth_place other_names name birth_date known_for article_title education citizenship
30 december 2011 london sir robert horton robert horton 18 august 1939 ceo kent of bp and chancellor of the university of robert horton -lrb- businessman -rrb-
 king andrews , massachusetts institute of technology . 's school , canterbury , university of st british
robert horton -lrb- businessman -rrb-

sir robert horton , frsa -lrb- 18 august 1939 -- 30 december 2011 -rrb- was a british businessman .
he was a director of the european advisory council and of emerson electric company .
he spent 30 years working for bp , formerly british petroleum .
he became chief executive and chairman of the board of bp in march 1990 , but was forced out in 1992 .
