David B. Chalmers Jr, Date of Birth

    

David B. Chalmers Jr

American oil refining company owner

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1953

Profession: businessperson

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About David B. Chalmers Jr

  • David Bay Chalmers Jr.
  • (born 8 September 1953) was an owner of the oil refining company, Bayoil U.S.A.
  • Inc, which operates out of Houston, Texas and a subsidiary, Bayoil Supply and Trading Ltd.
  • in the Bahamas.
  • The company was heavily involved in oil trading throughout the 1990s and early 2000s with the Iraqi government.
  • In the 2004 Oil-for-Food Program Hearings, Bayoil was among the corporations investigated by the committee, and its executive David Chalmers was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
  • Chalmers was sentenced to two years in prison.
  • Chalmers' great-uncle, Charles Ulrick Bay (1888–1955), founded Bay Petroleum in 1937, later become a high-ranking intelligence official in the Office of Strategic Services, and later an ambassador to Norway.
  • Chalmers' father, David Bay Chalmers Sr., became a well-known oil trader through the creation of Coral Petroleum (which filed for bankruptcy protection in 1983).
  • Ben R.
  • Pollner, who went on to found Taurus Petroleum, was one of his employees.

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