Wilhelm Hibbeln, de glasmof

The story of a German immigrant from Kleinenberg, Paderborn, Westpalhia, Germany who family was in the Glass Trade built a distribution and manufacturing network that allowed him to be become largest land owners in Amsterdam. He started by selling "american" lamps that used kerosene along with household glass object such as dishes bowls and then sold manufactured gas lamps all over the Netherlands by a network of 30 or more traveling salesmen.