Colonel George Dennick Wick (February 19, 1854 – April 15, 1912) was an American industrialist who served as founding president of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, one of the nation's largest regional steel-manufacturing firms.

[2] Wick was born in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, where his family was established in the sectors of real estate and banking.

Five years later, the two men resigned from the firm when it was taken over by the Republic Iron and Steel Company,[5] and their next project would come in response to major changes that occurred in the community's industrial sector.

[6] The group established the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company with $600,000 in capital[3] and eventually turned it into one of the nation's most important steel producers.

[12] Following official confirmation that George D. Wick was lost at sea, Youngstown's municipal government declared that all local factories, businesses, and schools should observe five minutes of silence at 11 a.m. on April 24, 1912, to honor the industrialist's memory.

Following a slump in the 1960s, however, owners attempted to revamp the company's Youngstown operations with profits generated from newer plants in Illinois and Indiana.