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    Daniel C. Keefe

    During his tenure as CEO, Keefe generated strong financial returns – both Ingersoll’s return on assets and market value performance placed the company among the top 50 financial performers in the U.S. during the 1950’s. Keefe more than doubled the company’s earnings –... View Details
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      Robert H. Johnson

      Under Johnson, Ingersoll-Rand enjoyed growth in products as well as profitability. In his early years, the focus of the industrial products firm was to cut costs and invest in product improvement and development. As these investments paid off, Ingersoll-Rand enjoyed... View Details
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        Amory Houghton, Jr.

        Though he is now known for his post-business career as a New York Congressman, Houghton began his career at the family firm as an accountant in 1951. In his many years as CEO of Corning, Houghton focused on expanding profitable new ventures while simultaneously cutting... View Details
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          Frank C. Ball

          In 1885, Ball Brothers Company, founded by Ball, his brother and uncle, began making glass fruit jars and caps. In 1887, they built a factory in Muncie, Indiana and converted the company into a corporation with Frank Ball as president. By the mid-1920s, Ball Brothers... View Details
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            Ole Evinrude

            Evinrude created the recreational boating industry with his development of the first practical outboard motor. In 1920, Evinrude developed the Elto motor, a lightweight, two-cylinder outboard motor. The outboard motor industry thrived and in 1929, three companies-... View Details
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              Max De Pree

              De Pree grew the small family-owned business into the second largest furniture maker in the world. Under De Pree’s leadership, Herman Miller had the unique distinction of being named to three Fortune Top 10 lists – most admired companies, most innovative companies, and... View Details
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                Richard T. Crane

                Beginning with a small brass foundry at his Uncle’s lumber yard, Crane built one of the largest plumbing supply companies in the world. Though he diversified into the manufacture of elevators in the late nineteenth century (even controlling 95% of the elevator market... View Details
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                  Carle C. Conway

                  Conway grew Continental Can to become the second largest can manufacturing company in the world, second only to American Can Company. Conway did this by acquiring nine can manufacturing companies. Over time, he operated 30 can manufacturing plants throughout the United... View Details
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                    Willis H. Carrier

                    Carrier was a pioneer in the field of mechanical refrigeration. Perfecting an air cooling system, Carrier first introduced air conditioning to theaters in the 1930’s and later went on to develop elaborate, but affordable, air conditioning systems for businesses. His... View Details
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                      Herbert P. Buetow

                      Through selective acquisitions, significant investments in research and development, and international expansion, Buetow continued 3M’s growth path. Under his leadership, 3M’s sales increased from $220 million to $690 million and earnings grew from $18 million to $84... View Details
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                        Sidney W. Winslow

                        With the insight he gained while working in his father’s shoe factory, Winslow started his first shoe machine company in 1893, producing leather-buffing machines. With the profits from this business, Winslow combined resources with Gordon McKay and the Goodyear Company... View Details
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                          Elizabeth E. Boit

                          Boit was the first American woman to establish ownership in the textile industry. She joined forces with Charles N. Winship to establish the Winship, Boit & Company in 1888. While Winship oversaw production, Boit managed the finances and the overall administration... View Details
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                            Philip H. Knight

                            Knight founded Nike by capitalizing on the fitness craze of the 1970s and 1980s. Through skillful advertising and innovative product development, Knight was able to build a billion dollar business in ten years. View Details
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                              Walter A. Haas

                              Haas led Levi’s transformation from a family business to a worldwide corporation. Haas introduced a number of innovative employment policies and refused to lay off workers even during the time of the Great Depression – gaining a long-standing reputation for considerate... View Details
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                                Herman Cone II

                                Cone consolidated all of the Cone companies under one corporation. The new Cone Mills Corporation had 18 plants, including the huge White Oak plant in Greensboro, the largest denim manufacturer in the world. In 1950, Cone Mills had $163 million in sales and 15,000... View Details
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                                  Horace C. Wright

                                  Wright spent 44 years with the company and led it through its transition from the small Chicago Flexible Shaft Company to its present incarnation as Sunbeam Corporation. Under his leadership, Sunbeam dramatically expanded its home appliance market through both internal... View Details
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                                    Michael A. Volkema

                                    Volkema was devoted to turning the office furniture company into a profitable enterprise. Developing an extensive 12 person Executive Leadership team, Volkema redesigned HM’s core value system, launching the Blueprint for Corporate Community program, which has a... View Details
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                                      Hurlburt W. Smith

                                      Taking the reigns from his older brother Wilbert, Hurlburt Smith continued to grow Smith Corona through acquisitions, helping it become one of the leading typewriter and office machine producers in the United States. Hurlburt was also responsible for helping his family... View Details
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                                        Earl H. Richardson

                                        The inventor of the first electronic iron with the unique "Hotpoint" feature, Richardson is credited with laying the foundation for the billion-dollar household appliance industry. Hotpoint's irons were very successful in the early 1900s, owing in large part... View Details
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                                          John Pitcairn

                                          Pitcairn shepherded his small plate glass company into an industry leader with a capitalization of $25 million in 1916. Pitcairn accomplished such expansion through plant acquisition and sales growth, as well as through investment in technologically innovative... View Details
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