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    Nathan Cummings

    By 1966, Cummings had grown Consolidated Foods into the nation’s fastest growing food processor, with sales of $830 million. Cummings’ most significant acquisition was Sara Lee, which he purchased in 1956 and grew into the nation’s... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
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    HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights

    2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials From the CFO... View Details
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    Alejandro Maldonado

    also spent five years as a vice-president at H.I.G. Capital, a leading US private equity firm investing in diverse industries in the middle market space. In 2012, he founded Appian Education Ventures, a fund dedicated to consolidate... View Details
    Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

      Winthrop W. Aldrich

      In 1930, the Equitable Trust, with assets over $900 million, was consolidated with Chase National Bank to form America’s mightiest bank with Aldrich as president. Aldrich grew Chase National so that by 1947, the bank had assets totaling... View Details
      Keywords: Finance

        William A. Patterson

        Patterson consolidated four smaller airlines to form United Airlines, and subsequently used United to propel forward many safety initiatives in the airline industry, such as lights for night flying and two-way air-ground telephones. The... View Details
        Keywords: Transportation

          Charles Ringling

          Charles Ringling organized his siblings to form what would eventually become “the Greatest Show on Earth.” When the siblings began performing, they used only their personal talents, but under Charles’ leadership, the show grew into a large traveling enterprise and... View Details
          Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

            Carl Laemmle

            Laemmle, one of the most outstanding figures in Hollywood, created the “star” system that was to dominate American filmmaking. He consolidated independent studios and was responsible for the development of countless movie stars. Laemmle... View Details
            Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

              Thomas C. du Pont

              duPont consolidated the military powder production industry to the point where the duPont Corporation was producing 90% of all explosives in the U.S. In a matter of four years, duPont acquired the stocks of more than 100 of his... View Details
              Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                Sidney W. Winslow, Jr.

                Following the death of his father, Sidney Winslow Jr. took an increasingly important role in the family company, which had been consolidated into the holding company, United Shoe Machinery Corporation. Winslow went on to expand the... View Details
                Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
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                HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows

                2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials From the CFO... View Details

                  Ernest T. Weir

                  Having formed National Steel through the consolidation of three small steel firms and a furnace company, Weir managed his enterprise in a somewhat hard-line manner, implementing whatever profit-generating methods he deemed appropriate.... View Details
                  Keywords: Metals

                    Harry F. Sinclair

                    After ill-fated attempts to make money by buying and selling oil leases, Sinclair entered the refining business in 1906, acquiring several companies that were eventually consolidated into Sinclair Oil. Once the larger venture was created,... View Details
                    Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                      Edward T. Bedford

                      In 1906, Bedford became president of the newly consolidated Corn Products Refining Company. Under Bedford’s leadership, Corn Products Refining manufactured several forms of oil, including “Mazola,” several forms of sugar, and a grain... View Details
                      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                        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... View Details
                        Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
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                        HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows

                        2021 Annual Report From The Dean Financials PDF Downloads Archive Financials 5 Year Summary From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials 5... View Details

                          C. Michael Harper

                          Through numerous acquisitions, Harper made ConAgra one of the premier food consolidators in America. He expanded its sales from $636 million in 1974 to $9 billion in 1987. Among other products, ConAgra offered frozen-food (sales increased... View Details
                          Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

                            Lucio A. Noto

                            Noto first concentrated on consolidating and improving efficiency in Mobil's oil, gas and chemical businesses, including trimming bureaucracy at the corporate level. Noto also revamped Mobil's retail gasoline business, being one of the... View Details
                            Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                              William H. Nichols

                              Nichols was instrumental in the building of the chemical supply business in the United States and was one of the original founders of the American Chemical Society. Under his leadership of General Chemical, its asset base and earnings levels increased threefold. This... View Details
                              Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
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                              HBS - Financials | 5 Year Summary

                              2021 Annual Report From The Dean Financials PDF Downloads Archive Financials 5 Year Summary From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials 5... View Details

                                Charles G. Bluhdorn

                                From 1960 to 1965, Gulf and Western’s growth was largely through expansion of its auto parts business. In 1965, Bluhdorn began to move toward diversification. He acquired such companies as New Jersey Zinc Company, Paramount Pictures, the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company... View Details
                                Keywords: Utilities & Energy
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