BP.L

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About

Founded: 1909

Founders: William Knox D'Arcy (financed the original oil concession); founded as Anglo-Persian Oil Company

BP began as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company after D'Arcy's 1908 discovery of oil in Persia; renamed British Petroleum and later BP, becoming one of the world's largest oil majors.