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About Bill Allen (businessman)
- Bill Allen (04/06/37) is the former CEO of the Alaska oilfield services company VECO Corporation.
- VECO was an Alaska-based oil pipeline service and construction company founded by Wayne Veltri (VECO is short for Veltri Co).
- Bill Allen was born in New Mexico and at the age of 16 left for the oil fields of Alaska to become a welder to help support his family.
- VECO began as a one truck welding and repair operation that grew to become a major player in the Alaskan and worldwide oil industries' support services business.
- He built a for-profit prison in Barbados as well.
- VECO also was a worldwide player in the oil industry, having divisions in many major oil markets, including the Sudan, Russia, Mexico, Venezuela and Syria.
- VECO had a major impact on the economy of Alaska and employed over 5,000 people worldwide.
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