Bechtel is a German surname.
Notable people with this surname include the following:
Stephenson is a medieval patronymic surname meaning "son of Stephen". The earliest public record is found in the county of Huntingdonshire in 1279. There are variant spellings including Stevenson. People with the surname include:
Stephen Davison Bechtel was the son of Clara Alice West and Warren A. Bechtel, founder of the Bechtel Corporation. He was the president of the company from 1933 to 1960.
Riley Peart Bechtel CBE is an American billionaire heir and businessman. He was the chairman of the Bechtel Corporation until April 2017. As of July 2021, his estimated net worth is US$2.7 billion.
Bernheim is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Matsushita is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Stephen Davison Bechtel Jr. was an American billionaire, businessman, civil engineer, and co-owner of the Bechtel Corporation. He was the son of Stephen Davison Bechtel Sr. and grandson of Warren A. Bechtel, who founded the Bechtel Corporation. He was known for expanding the global footprint of the corporation through several of its international projects. Some of the projects executed under his leadership of the company included King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh as well as Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia as well as oil platforms in the North Sea, liquefied natural gas plants in Algeria, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.
Buffett is a surname of English origin. It was first recorded in Shropshire in 1273 where it was listed on the Hundred Rolls. The name is believed to have Norman origins.
Samuels is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Vanderbilt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname Ames is usually either French, English or German in origin. The French name comes from the noun amie, meaning a friend or a beloved. The surname also derives from the Old French and Middle English personal name Amys or Amice, the Latin amicus, or from a Late Latin derivative of this, Amicius. The German roots of the name could have come from the Old High German word amazzig, meaning "busy," as a nickname for an active person. The name also has connections to the modern German name Ameise, meaning "ant".
Gammell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Elkann is a French-Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Cherney is a Yiddish/Hebrew-language surname derived from Russian word Чёрный (chyorny/cherny) meaning "black". Notable people with the surname include:
Bly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lauder is a surname of Scottish origin. There are four distinct Lauder families with multiple notable members.
Chancellor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Stillman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sinton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lew is the surname of:
Grindlay is a surname from northern and central England, most notably associated with the Anglo-Scottish knightly Grindlay family. Notable people with the surname include: