Ernest Woodroofe

Sir
Ernest Woodroofe
Photo from Daily Telegraph, 2002
Born(1912-01-06)6 January 1912
Lancashire, UK
Died31 March 2002(2002-03-31) (aged 90)
Surrey, UK
EducationUniversity of Leeds
Occupation(s)Businessman
Physicist
TitleChairman of Unilever
Term1970-1974
PredecessorLord Cole
Spouses
  • Margaret Downes
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    (m. 1938; death 1961)​
  • Enid Arnolde
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    (m. 1962; died 2002)​

Sir Ernest Woodroofe (6 January 1912 - 31 March 2002) was chairman of Unilever from 1970 to 1974, when the company was the second largest in the world, outside of America.

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