An era ends for Maersk

The patriarch of the A.P.
Moller-Maersk Group,
Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller,
died in a hospital in
Copenhagen on April 16,
aged 98. He was the son
of Arnold Peter Møller –
founder of the AP Moller
Maersk group.
“Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
became joint owner of the
company Firmaet AP Møller
in 1940. Following his father’s
death in 1965, he became
director and chairman of the
most important companies in
the AP Møller-Maersk Group.
He undertook the daily
management until 1993 and
was chairman until 2003,”
one of his three daughters,
Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney
Uggla, said in a statement.
"My sisters and I have lost
a father who never failed his
family or his business.”
At the time of his death,
he was chairman of the
Board of the AP Møller
and Chastine Mc-Kinney
Møller Foundation, the AP
Møller Relief Foundation,
and the Maersk Employee
Foundation, all of which are
significant shareholders of
APM.
He joined the company
before World War II, and was
instrumental in its growth
and expansion.
He was born on July
13, 1913 in Copenhagen
to Kentucky-born mother
Chastine Estelle Roberta
McKinney and became
a partner in the family
company in 1940.
His wife of 65 years,
Emma, died in 2005 and
he is survived by his three
daughters.
According to a tribute
published by the New York
Times, even after resigning
as chairman in 2003, he
continued to come to work
each day, packing his lunch
at home and climbing six
flights of stairs to his office.
And he continued to perform
a birthday ritual: on July 13,
each employee around the
world received the gift of a
Danish pastry.