Which company did the businessman portrayed by Jonathan Hyde in the film "Titanic" chair?
J. Bruce Ismay Joseph Bruce Ismay ( ; 12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. In 1912 he came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the sinking of the company's brand new flagship RMS "Titanic", for which he was subject to severe criticism.
John Thayer (cricketer) John Borland Thayer II (April 21, 1862April 15, 1912) was an American businessman who had a thirty-year career as an executive with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was a director and second vice-president of the company when he died a week before his 50th birthday in the sinking of the RMS "Titanic", on April 15, 1912. In his youth, Thayer was also a prominent sportsman, playing baseball and lacrosse for the University of Pennsylvania and first-class cricket for the Philadelphian cricket team. He is the only first-class cricketer known to have died aboard "Titanic".