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Joseph S. Cullinan
In 1913, when Cullinan resigned his presidency, Texaco controlled over 4% of the nation’s oil production. Cullinan had grown Texaco from an initial capitalization of $3 million to one of $30 million with assets of approximately $60 million. A successful risk-taker,... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.
Carpenter was only the second man not of the duPont name in the 145-year history of the company to have been elected president. Carpenter expanded duPont to include diversified chemical lines and grew sales to more than $650 million. View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
David Burpee
In 1917, the same year W. A.. Burpee Company was incorporated and Burpee was named president, sales were $900,000. By 1959, Burpee had grown the company to become the largest reputed seed catalog mail order house in the world with sales over $6 million. More than 50... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Henry R. Towne
Assuming sole leadership of the company after the death of his partner Linus Yale, Towne would go on to revolutionize the lock industry. Capitalizing on one of Yale’s less favorite designs, Towne recognized that the heart of the lock could be mass-produced with... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
James D. Sinegal
Sinegal was one of the principal founders of Costco in 1983. As CEO, he has built the fledgling wholesale shopping center into the largest such organization in the United States, outpacing both Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale. Though he built a $40+ billion operation... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Charles M. Schwab
Though Bethlehem was originally spun off from U.S. Steel, Schwab positioned the company to become a major competitor of its former parent. Under Schwab’s leadership, Bethlehem was a large supplier for Allied Forces in World War I, filling orders to the tune of $500... View Details
Keywords: Metals
Laurence F. Probst, III
Probst turned Electronic Arts from a simple producer of videogames into a bona fide and consistent “hit producer.” With such mega-hits as Madden NFL Football, The Sims, and Harry Potter, Probst has created a sustainable franchise. Under his direction, EA has become the... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
John Pepper
Spending his entire private sector career with P&G, Pepper prides himself on heightening P&G’s commitment to customer satisfaction and to creating the “Organization 2005” initiative, which is intended to promote “speed, risk-taking, and entrepreneurialism”... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
William L. Mellon
Under Mellon’s management, the firm became a pioneer on several fronts. He opened the nation’s first service stations in 1913 became and expanded into international oil exploration. By the mid-1920s, Gulf’s refinery at Port Arthur, Texas, was the largest in the world.... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Richard K. Mellon
Mellon was responsible for the reorganization of the financial structure of Mellon enterprises. He consolidated several family-managed companies, the most significant of which was the merger of two competing Mellon institutions – the Mellon National bank and the Union... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Samuel H. Kress
Kress built a discount chain store based on an economies of scale model. He started offering fewer items than traditional 5- and 10- cent stores, in order to offer bargain prices to a lower-income clientele. Kress’ stores were a great success and he managed to increase... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Sebastian S. Kresge
Kresge built the precursor to K-Mart, one of the first mass discounters. He started with ten-cent stores and developed full-fledged variety stores. By his retirement, his chain had almost 600 United States stores, a Canadian subsidiary, and annual sales of $156... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Sidney Kimmel
Kimmel ran the apparel division of W. R. Grace & Company when it diversified into the fashion world in the early seventies. As Grace sought to streamline its operations, Kimmel bought the fashion business and incorporated it as Jones Apparel Group. Though he... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
James W. Johnson
Johnson brought Band-Aid, an adhesive bandage, to the market. The product developed in 1920 soon became a standard in first-aid kits and one of the staples in the J&J family of products. James Johnson was also responsible for the early international expansion of... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Howard Heinz
Taking the helm of Heinz from his father, Howard continued to build the company through internal growth and development. He deftly managed the company through the Depression by introducing low cost, processed food products including Heinz baby food and “ready to serve”... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Leonard H. Goldenson
As head of the merged American Broadcasting Company and Paramount Pictures, Goldenson became known as the man who “wed television to the movies.” Goldenson was able to convince Disney Studios and Warner Brothers to produce TV shows for ABC, such as series “Maverick,”... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Herman G. Fisher
In 1938, Fisher introduced a new toy named “Snoopy Sniffer,” which was an instant hit with the public. By the end of the 1930s, Fisher-Price, the first toy company licensed to make Disney toys, was producing over 2 million action toys a year for annual sales of $1.6... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
William E. Corey
Corey presided over a period of re-investment and modernization for United States Steel. During his tenure, he increased earnings over $20 million from $109 million to $131 million with an asset base of over $1.5 billion – the largest of any U.S. company at the time. View Details
Keywords: Metals
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Having a Ball
terminally ill, and others unlikely to be part of the presidential inauguration should have a chance to experience it. When the JW Marriott on Pennsylvania Avenue offered a $1 million package deal that included 300 hotel rooms, suites,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
University of Pennsylvania Creary studies the dynamics of inclusion and allyship in organizations. She has been associated with the HBS community since 2007, as Professor David Thomas’s research associate, as a member of Professor Robin... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie