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Royal Little
Little, often referred to as “the Father of Conglomerates,” was famous for his “unrelated diversification” theory. He built one of the world’s largest and most successful conglomerates. Starting as a textile manufacturer, by the mid-1960s he had acquired nearly 70...
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Herbert V. Kohler
Kohler built the second largest plumbing supply company in the United States. He is also responsible for widening the company’s scope of production. Today, Kohler makes electric generators for standby power systems, yachts, motor homes, lawn and garden tractors,...
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Mitchell P. Kartalia
Kartalia spent 40 years with Square D. During his 15-year tenure as CEO, he achieved a fivefold increase in revenues building Square D into a $1 billion+ electrical equipment manufacturer.
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Herbert W. Hoover, Jr.
Grandson of Hoover Company’s founder, Herbert Hoover Jr. joined the family firm at a young age, working on the assembly line in summers between school. As he gradually moved up through the company, succeeding his father as president in 1954, Hoover learned the ins and...
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Henry F. Henderson, Jr.
After working at Richardson Scale Company for a number of years, Henderson’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to start Henderson Industries (HI) in 1952. Winning a contract from Richardson, HI began growing rapidly. Manufacturing sophisticated instrumentation and control...
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Stanley C. Gault
Taking the helm of the company his father helped to found, Gault was instrumental in reorganizing and revitalizing Rubbermaid from a small household gadget company into a streamlined and efficient multinational corporation. He embarked on a dual plan of divestiture and...
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Lothar W. Faber
Faber improved the Eberhard-Faber Company’s product line by adding fountain pens, mechanical pencils, and refill leads. Faber also invented the clamp tip type of pencil with a removable, adjustable eraser. Faber grew the company’s Brooklyn pencil factory from 180,000...
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Roy L. Ash
In 1953, Ash and his partner, Tex Thornton, bought Litton Industries, a small West Coast producer of microwave tubes. Litton embarked on an aggressive acquisition course. By 1961, the same year Ash became president of the company, Litton had completed 25 mergers and...
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Olivia vonNieda
systems weaving the fabric of oppression. My privilege is more than an opportunity. It’s a responsibility. It’s a duty. I will create spaces that celebrate people for their intricate identities. I will use my spot at the table to step...
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uses state-of-the-art machines to fabricate component parts for a worldwide customer base. For the Kirlin Company, technologically advanced lighting designed and manufactured in the United States keeps the firm going strong. Switching...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LeRoy A. Petersen
In his 22 years with Otis, Petersen helped the elevator manufacturer transition from war to peacetime production and become increasingly profitable in the process. Though the firm’s defense division still remained an integral part of operations throughout his tenure,...
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Wallace R. Persons
During his twenty year tenure, Persons took Emerson from a small fan and motor maker with sales of $50 million to a large diversified industrial manufacturer with sales of over $900 million. Noted for continuously cutting costs and conservatively acquiring only smaller...
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Eugene M. Patterson
Though educated and trained as a lawyer, Patterson eventually joined the family business, expanding it from its tobacco equipment roots to include many other consumer products, most notably automated bowling equipment, as well as various defense industry products...
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George S. Parker
Designing and selling "parlor" or board games since he was seventeen, Parker, along with his brother, founded Parker Brothers, maker of the world's most popular games, including Monopoly. Parker was known for his creativity in designing original games, as...
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Edmund D. Libbey
Using Mike Owens’ invention for blowing glass bottles, Libbey revolutionized the glass industry. Libbey’s adept commercialization of this invention was the most innovative contribution to the glass industry since the original art of glass blowing. The company...
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