American Congo Company

American Congo Company
IndustryResource extraction
FoundedOctober 22, 1906 (1906-10-22) in Albany, New York, United States
FoundersThomas Fortune Ryan and Daniel Guggenheim
Area served
Belgian Congo

The American Congo Company was a US-owned concessionary company that was active in the Congo Free State and its successor, the Belgian Congo. At first it was focused on rubber extraction, but that soon shifted to diamond mining.

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