 "Sunday Business (London, England)")
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1956 Sir Ian Wood's father, an Aberdeen fisherman, founds a ship repair business.1964 Sir Ian graduates from Aberdeen University and joins the family business.1974 Sir Ian decides the future lies in the embryonic North Sea oil and gas industry and founds oil services company Wood Group.1982 The Wood Group oil and gas services company is demerged from the JW Holdings family business.
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Sunday Business (London, England)
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April 28, 2002
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1956 Sir Ian Woods father, an Aberdeen fisherman, founds a ship repair business.
1964 Sir Ian graduates from Aberdeen University and joins the family business.
1974 Sir Ian decides the future lies in the embryonic North Sea oil and gas industry and fo...
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