High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Samuel Eyde (29 October 1866 – 21 June 1940) was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist, the founder of Norsk Hydro and Elkem. Sam Eyde was the son of a shipowner, and studied engineering in Berlin where he graduated in 1891. He started his career in Hamburg, working with the railways where he planned new lines, bridges and stations. Eyde and Kristian Birkeland met at a dinner party in 1903; Birkeland was working on developing an electric arc, while Eyde had recently bought the rights to several waterfalls in Telemark. They agreed to cooperate to develop an electric flame. He was CEO of Norsk Hydro until 1917, when he had to resign after the general meeting had asked him to leave. He was offered a position on the board, where he remained until 1925, and a compensation of NOK 250,000 for ten years, and NOK 100,000 for the rest of his life. In 1920, Eyde was appointed the Norwegian Minister to the United States.

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