needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message washington h. soul pattinson and company limited type public asx sol industry diversified founded sydney new south wales australia january 21 1903 1903 01 21 founder lewy pattinson headquarters sydney australia key people robert millner executive chairman website whsp.com.au washington h. soul pattinson and company limited is an australian investment company founded by businessman lewy pattinson . contents 1 history 2 principal activities 3 chairman of washington h. soul pattinson 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1872 caleb soul and his son washington opened their first store at 177 pitt street sydney trading as washington h. soul and co. they later moved to 158 160 pitt street . lewy pattinson emigrated to australia in 1881 after hearing of soul s success and became good friends with him . they were never in competition in business and in the early 1900s the souls asked pattinson to buy their business . as a result pattinson and co. bought out washington h. soul and co. and the entity became washington h. soul pattinson and company limited the company named out of respect for pattinson s friend . the first public offering of shares was in december 1902 and washington h. soul pattinson and company limited was listed on the sydney stock exchange now the australian stock exchange on 21 january 1903 . whsp celebrated one hundred years as a listed public company in 2002 and its headquarters remain at 160 pitt street mall sydney . principal activities edit the company s principal activities are diverse spanning the following concerns ownership of shares and properties coal mining bulk handling commercial television licensee and operator program and television production telecommunications carrier retailing of pharmaceutical products manufacture processing and marketing of seasonings essences food colours perfumes and aromatic chemicals fruit juices reconstitution of polyethylene film . whsp s main investments in subsidiaries and associated investments include new hope coal brickworks limited australian pharmaceutical industries tpg telecom 27.7 % 1 clover corporation limited pitt capital partners souls funds management choiseul investments milton corporation whsp also operates nine pharmacies in sydney including two in the cbd and seven in the main sydney metropolitan area . chairman of washington h. soul pattinson edit 1903 1905 lewy pattinson 1906 1929 sir thomas hughes 1930 1950 william frederick pattinson 1950 1999 jim millner 1984 present robert millner references edit http www.asx.com.au asxpdf 20080207 pdf 317bmcyj1px4gw.pdf external links edit washington h. soul pattinson retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title washington h. soul pattinson & oldid 715487683 categories conglomerate companies of australiacompanies based in sydneyhidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 april 2016 at 03 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view