A Family of Companies
Raymond M. Demere founded American Oil Company, Savannah, Ga.’s first independent wholesale petroleum company, in 1921. A business that began with a barrel of oil has since evolved into a diversified energy and port-related company still headquartered in Savannah and ranked as one of America’s largest privately held companies.
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