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    Joseph P. Spang, Jr.

    Spang is credited with rejuvenating Gillette after the depression. He was a pioneer in sports marketing and endorsements and was instrumental in leading Gillette into diversified product lines, most notably with the acquisition of the... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

      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... View Details
      Keywords: Fabricated Goods

        William W. George

        George is credited with Medtronic’s phenomenal growth from a small producer of pacemakers to an international manufacturer of a broad line of medical devices. Through strategic acquisitions and organic growth, George catapulted revenues... View Details
        Keywords: Healthcare

          John T. Chambers

          Chambers grew Cisco from a company with $1.2 billion in sales to $10 billion in sales by 1998. Chambers has grown Cisco through both acquisitions and internal development. He capitalized on the data-intensive internet revolution and... View Details
          Keywords: Computers & Electronics
          • 16 May 2012
          • Research & Ideas

          Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?

          Editor's note: Even with recent disclosures about out-of-control spending on corporate perks and government agency parties, the US military is frequently held up as the exemplar of organizational largesse run wild. In the new book Defense View Details
          Keywords: by J. Ronald Fox; Service

            Eugene R. Olson

            Olson continued Deluxe’s market dominance in check printing while laying the foundation for its electronic diversification and expansion. He oversaw the acquisition of businesses that produce computer forms and emboss and encode plastic... View Details
            Keywords: Finance

              Richard M. Rosenberg

              Under Rosenberg’s leadership, BankAmerica has become the second largest bank in the United States. Through a series of major acquisitions and the deployment of skillful marketing programs, Rosenberg has created a national footprint for... View Details
              Keywords: Finance

                Conrad N. Hilton

                Starting with one 40-room hotel, Hilton created a massive hotel franchising chain through selective acquisitions including the Waldorf-Astoria. By the end of the 1970s, there were about 250 Hilton Hotels around the globe and 136 Hilton... View Details
                Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

                  Harrington Drake

                  Drake presided over a decade of top financial performance – growing revenues from $480 million to over $2 billion. He achieved ten consecutive years of top market value performance and expanded D&B’s core services, most notably with the View Details
                  Keywords: Services

                    O. Wayne Rollins

                    In 1964, Rollins completed what is believed to be the first leveraged buy-out in business history through the acquisition of Orkin Exterminating Company. Through a number of acquisitions, he parlayed this initial company into one of the... View Details
                    Keywords: Services

                      Robert O. Anderson

                      Anderson parlayed a small oil business in New Mexico into one of the largest and most successful oil businesses in the United States. From 1966 to 1982, through acquisitions and strategic diversification, Anderson grew revenues 20-fold... View Details
                      Keywords: Utilities & Energy
                      • 1979
                      • Book

                      Diversification through Acquisition: Strategies for Creating Economic Value

                      By: Malcolm S. Salter and Wolf A. Weinhold
                      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Strategy; Value; Diversification
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                      • December 1999 (Revised April 2000)
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                      Franco Bernabe: Reflections on Telecom Italia (A)

                      By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
                      In November 1998, Franco Bernabe left ENI to become CEO of Telecom Italia, Italy's primary telecommunications provider. Three months later, Roberto Colaninno, CEO of Olivetti SpA, an Italian computer and telecom company one fifth the size of Telecom Italia, launched a... View Details
                      Keywords: Management Teams; Mergers and Acquisitions; Planning; Telecommunications Industry; Italy
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                        Rudina Seseri

                        Previously, Rudina was a Senior Manager in the Corporate Development Group at Microsoft Corporation. In this role, she led a number of successful acquisitions including iView Multimedia, Massive Interactive, Bungie Studios restructuring... View Details
                        Keywords: Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital

                          Edward J. Bednarz

                          Bednarz secured Pinkerton’s position as the market leader in the office security business. Between 1968 and 1976, Pinkerton’s financial performance was among the top 50 companies in the United States in terms of both return on assets and market value. As Chairman,... View Details
                          Keywords: Services

                            Horace C. Wright

                            acquisitions including the Oster Manufacturing Company. While he served as CEO, Sunbeam introduced many of its well-known products including electric shavers, blenders, knife sharpeners, and electric heaters. View Details
                            Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                              Charles M. Pigott

                              Pigott was instrumental in leading the growth of his family’s business, Pacific Car & Foundry. Sales of heavy trucks under the Peterbilt and Kenworth names increased from $320 million to $4.3 billion. Part of that growth was generated through a series of View Details
                              Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                                Francisco A. Lorenzo

                                Lorenzo took over the fledgling Texas International Airways in 1972 and through major acquisitions including Continental Airlines, he built it into one of the country’s largest airline carriers. Lorenzo was skillful at managing government... View Details
                                Keywords: Transportation

                                  Jack M. Eckerd

                                  acquisitions and by riding on the coattails of the supermarket expansion in the South, Eckerd doubled the size of his business every two years between 1959 and 1975. View Details
                                  Keywords: Retail

                                    Bruce E. Karatz

                                    Karatz has led KB Home during a period of immense growth. When he took over the CEO position, the company was selling and delivering 4,000 prefabricated homes a year. By 2003, the company was producing and selling over 27,000 homes. Karatz grew the business through... View Details
                                    Keywords: Construction & Real Estate