Person

Minor Cooper Keith

American businessman

b. 1848 CE – d. 1929 CE World The Far West

Minor Cooper Keith (19 January 1848 – 14 June 1929) was an American businessman whose railroad, commercial agriculture, and shipping enterprises much influenced the national economies of the Central American countries, and that of Colombia.

As a businessman, Minor C. Keith is notable for being a pioneer in the establishment and administration of a multinational company, for the exportation and importation of goods among the United States and the countries of the Caribbean Sea.