Robert Lynn (1920 – February 8, 1998) was an American businessman best known for co-founding

DHL DHL is an American founded, German logistics company providing courier, package delivery and express mail service, which is a division of the German logistics firm Deutsche Post. The company group delivers over 1.8 billion parcels per year. DHL ...

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Adrian Dalsey Adrian Dalsey (October 14, 1914, Illinois - October 10, 1994, Walnut Creek, California) was a co-founder of shipping company, DHL Express,. Early life Dalsey was born in Illinois on October 14, 1914. He attended Wheaton College there, but la ...

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Larry Hillblom Larry Lee Hillblom (May 12, 1943 – May 21, 1995) was an American businessman and co-founder of the shipping company DHL Worldwide Express. After his disappearance, his estate paid $360 million to four impoverished children whom he had fathered ...

. He was the “L” in DHL, and the last of the three founders to die. He was born in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

, raised in Vienna, and lived most of his life in the United States. In 2000, Lynn was posthumously inducted into the International Air Cargo Association Hall of Fame.

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