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Eugene Holman

Holman’s greatest contribution to the company came soon after his election as chairman, when he began negotiating for 30% of the stock of the Arabian-American Oil Company, enjoying special concessions for crude oil, production, and refining in the Middle East. His... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

Mary Kay Ash

Ash created a successful cosmetics company by and for women by utilizing a direct sales force and creative motivational sales techniques. At the end of its first year, Mary Kay Cosmetics boasted $198,514 in sales and 318 salespeople. By 1977, the company had over... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

Michael Dell

In 1992, Dell, at 27 years of age, became the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Dell revolutionized the retail computer industry by instituting a direct sales approach, where the customer places their customized order via phone or the internet directly with Dell... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

22 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights

year, Texas lawmakers pursued a similar “bathroom bill” and economists predicted massive losses: in tourism alone, $3.3 billion in annual gross product and 35,600 full-time jobs — just initially. The legislation failed, but the state... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2014
News

@Soldiers Field

invention. Who better to teach students how to give consumers a magical experience? Recipes Chili Cook-Off recipes Matt Ashbaugh's (MBA 2014) traditional Texas recipe took first place in the beef category of the View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Texaco: A Picture Story - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next Texaco: A Picture Story The Texas Company, 1930 Photographer unknown Explore the full size image Texaco: A Picture Story The View Details

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Rob Humble

the group visited Mohegan Sun and met with the casino's COO and the tribal chairman. "We were all blown away by the sophistication of their approaches to business and community," says Rob. Texas calling Rob's wife, Anna, (they... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Summing Up the New Students

Minneapolis. It was beautiful, and a great time to just think.” Jonathan Gary Dallas, Texas CV: Account associate, PIMCO, Newport Beach, California “I had to do some shopping once I got to Boston—a pair of L.L. Bean boots and a down... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2006
News

MBA vs. MBA

street, even along the winding country road that leads to the Bush ranch, the “Western White House,” you see campaign signs touting the reelection of Democrat Chet Edwards (MBA ’81). He’s an eight-term congressman representing the 17th Congressional District, which... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

Bernard M. Baruch

Though Baruch was a very successful financier, he is best known for his four decades of service as an advisor to US Presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Franklin Roosevelt. He helped to finance some of the leading industrial firms of his time including View Details

Keywords: Finance

Robert R. Young

Young set out to take over the holding company that owned the C&O Railroad, and despite losing substantial backing from a group of General Motors executives, Young eventually gained control of the company. Soon after that victory however, JP Morgan and other firms... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

Joe C. Thompson, Jr.

Though Southland was quite a successful block ice retailer in the 1920s, when home refrigerators became popular, the company suffered and was forced into bankruptcy in 1932. Seeing the budding success of the retail grocery store business that had begun as a small side... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Lester M. Alberthal, Jr.

Under Alberthal's leadership, EDS regained its prominence as the leader in information technology services. He is credited with tripling revenues and lessening the firm’s dependence on General Motors as a major client. In 1996, Alberthal successfully orchestrated EDS's... View Details

Keywords: Services

William L. Moody, Jr.

Moody built a $400 million diversified enterprise. He founded the American National Insurance Company, which under his guidance grew into the largest enterprise of its kind in the southwest. By 1954, it had nearly $3 billion worth of insurance in force and offices in... View Details

Keywords: Finance

L. Lowry Mays

Beginning with one small radio station in 1972, Mays went on to create a massive media empire under the name Clear Channel Communications. Mays was particularly aggressive in acquiring new entities as deregulation spread to the radio and telecommunications industries.... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

H. Stanley Marcus

Taking control of the company from his father in 1950, Marcus was instrumental in promoting the exclusivity and uniqueness of the Neiman-Marcus brand. Through extravagant in-store promotional events and expert purchasing, he secured the retailer's reputation as an... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Howard R. Hughes, Jr.

Hughes began his business career at the age of nineteen by taking over his father’s business, Hughes Tool Company. Hughes parlayed this small business into a highly successful and well-regarded aircraft manufacturing operation. Through his efforts, Hughes created a... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

01 Sep 2006
News

High Adventure

BEILHARZ: "I no longer feel like one of those pet animals on a wheel." On a rare break from running her new ecotourism business in the wilds of Texas Hill Country, Amy Beilharz (MBA ’84) reflects on the life she and her husband, David,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; ecotourism; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Telecommunications; Information; Management

W. Alton Jones

Jones, as president of Cities Service Company (a holding company controlling petroleum, natural gas, and power subsidiaries), was responsible for completing oil pipelines from Texas to major East coast cities (3,128 miles). View Details