Kjeld Ammentorp | |
Birth Place: | Frederiksberg in Denmark |
Nationality: | British |
Birth Date: | 10 November 1895 |
Death Date: | 23 October 1975 |
Death Place: | Gentofte |
Occupation: | Founder of RMC Group |
Kjeld Anker Ammentorp (10 November 1895 – 23 October 1975) was the founder of RMC Group, one of the United Kingdom's largest concrete businesses.
Born in Frederiksberg in Denmark, Kjeld Ammentorp moved to the United Kingdom in 1919.[1] A civil engineer by training, Ammentorp took advantage of the invention of self-agitating cement trucks in the 1920s.[1] He built his first plant in 1930 at Bedfont in London, bought cement mixers from Denmark and expanded his business into one of the largest in the United Kingdom.[2]
In 1952 he sold his company to Sam Stirling who had developed a similar business in Australia.[1] Ammentorp remained on the Board of the Company until 1958 but retired to Denmark in 1961.[1]
He died in 1975 at Gentofte and is buried in Frederiksberg.[3]