Harold Geneen — The Conglomerate King
CEO
Ran 350 acquisitions by the numbers and defined the 1960s conglomerate.
- Acquired ~350 companies
- Famous for marathon budget reviews
Companies / The Conglomerates
The Conglomerates · 1960s–1980s — one of the 100 companies on the MogulSpin reels.
CEO
Ran 350 acquisitions by the numbers and defined the 1960s conglomerate.
Hernand Behn · Rand Araskog · Lyman Hamilton · Francis Dunleavy · ITT Labs engineers · Lazard Frères · Continental bankers
When ITT lands on your reels, these are the people you draft — Visionary, Operator, Builder, Financier, one irreversible lock at a time. How few companies in the world will be worth more than yours?
SPIN THE MACHINE3M · Berkshire Hathaway · Eastman Kodak · General Electric · Gulf+Western · Honeywell · Litton Industries · PepsiCo · Teledyne · Texas Instruments · Textron · Walmart · Xerox