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    Henry J. Kaiser

    Kaiser successfully built a highly diversified construction business consisting of 82 companies. His company handled millions of dollars of highway and bridge construction as well as several dams (e.g. Hoover Dam), levees and pipelines in... View Details
    Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

      Bowman Gray, Jr.

      cigarette factory in the world. He also diversified the company acquiring Hawaiian Punch and Chun King Chinese foods. Gray grew company’s sales from just over $1 billion in 1957 to nearly $2 billion by 1967. View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        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... View Details
        Keywords: Fabricated Goods

          William A. Fairburn

          European counterparts. In 1915, 100% of Diamond Match’s profits came from match sales. Fairburn diversified the company so that by 1940 only 50% of Diamond Match’s revenues came from match sales. View Details
          Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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          Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

          The manufacturing sector is one that encompasses many different facets including highly diversified manufacturing, aerospace and defense, transportation, and airlines. As such, students interested in the field have varied backgrounds and... View Details
          Keywords: Manufacturing

            John W. Marriott

            Marriott built the fastest growing, most diversified and most profitable lodging company in the United States. By 1964, it had approximately $85 million in annual sales with 122 units in 14 states. Its business lines included 73... View Details
            Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

              Walter R. Young, Jr.

              When Young joined Champion Enterprises, the diversified housing and recreational vehicle company had just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In his first six months in office, he drastically reorganized the leadership structure.... View Details
              Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

                George S. Lannom, Jr.

                Though he began his business as a tannery for the production of saddles and other equine equipment, Lannom was forced to diversify when the automobile gained popularity. To save his business, Lannom turned to the manufacture of baseballs... View Details
                Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                  Bernard A. Edison

                  Taking the helm of the family business from his father and uncle, Edison went on to lead it through its strongest period of growth and financial performance. He dramatically expanded operations, opening new designer footwear stores including Baker’s, Chandler’s, and... View Details
                  Keywords: Retail

                    Adolph Coors

                    Golden Brewery in Golden, Colorado. His business flourished, quickly becoming the leading brewery in the western United States. He brought new innovations to the brewery business and diversified the company’s product line by offering... View Details
                    Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                      Robert F. McDermott

                      diversified financial services enterprise with over $30 billion in assets. His deep commitment to customer service and concern for employee satisfaction were recognized by industry analysts who often ranked USAA as the best managed... View Details
                      Keywords: Finance

                        Roger A. Enrico

                        Enrico helped to transform PepsiCo through a number of major initiatives including the spin-off of its fast food restaurant chains (Tricon), the acquisition of Tropicana, and the initial public offering of its bottling business. Through these efforts, Enrico... View Details
                        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                          Melvin H. Baker

                          With $100,000 in capital, Baker founded the National Gypsum Company with two colleagues in 1925. When he assumed the CEO position a few years later, he led his company from a newcomer in a highly competitive field, making one product in one plant, to a View Details
                          Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

                            Horace Bowker

                            Bowker took the helm of American Agricultural Chemical during a bleak period in America’s economy. Despite the Depression, Bowker led the company to double its profitability during the 1930’s by diversifying beyond fertilizers and into... View Details
                            Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

                              Robert T. Powers

                              During his tenure as CEO, Powers expanded Nalco’s international presence and diversified Nalco’s product lines – moving beyond water-treatment into specialty and industrial chemicals. Under his leadership, Nalco became one of the... View Details
                              Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
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                              Oscar Mak

                              Oscar is currently a Senior Director at NORD/LB, a leading bank in financing renewable energy and infrastructure projects. He previously led strategic investments (e.g., M&A, corporate VC, joint ventures) in North America for Toyota Tsusho, a View Details
                              Keywords: Auto/Transportation/Logistics; Consulting; Clean Technology; Energy; Energy; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship

                                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

                                  Robert A. Schoellhorn

                                  Schoellhorn presided over ten years of record growth for Abbott Laboratories during a period when the industry was consolidating: often posting double digit increases in earnings and revenues. He diversified Abbott’s service offerings and... View Details
                                  Keywords: Healthcare

                                    Frank Phillips

                                    With his brother Lee, Frank Phillips built Phillips Petroleum into a diversified oil company whose businesses encompassed not only crude oil drilling, but also the operation of consumer filling stations and the production of such... View Details
                                    Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                                      Whitney MacMillan

                                      MacMillan was responsible for the expansion of Cargill’s business from $10 billion to $33 billion in 10 years. He diversified Cargill’s scope of activities by introducing it to the consumer market. By the mid-1980s, the firm became the... View Details
                                      Keywords: Agriculture & Mining