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Henry Crown ( né Krinsky; June 13, 1896 – August 14, 1990) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Among other things, he founded the Material Service Corporation, which merged with General Dynamics in 1959. At the time of his death, he was a billionaire.
Feb 8, 2024 · The descendants of Chicago financier Henry Crown own everything from real estate and manufacturing firms to public securities and ski resorts. Henry Crown started a building supplies...
Aug 16, 1990 · Henry Crown, the billionaire whose life exemplified the Horatio Alger rags-to-riches story of American industrialists, died Tuesday at his Lake Shore Drive apartment in Chicago. He was 94...
Jun 8, 2024 · Henry Crown (born June 13, 1896, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Aug. 15, 1990, Chicago) was a business executive and philanthropist. Crown left school in the eighth grade, worked as an office boy, and in 1919 borrowed $10,000 to found Material Service Corp. with his brothers Irving and Sol.
THE LEGACY OF HENRY CROWN. In the ranking of America’s legendary business leaders, Henry Crown, an unassuming man of moderate height and build, stands as tall as the Empire State Building which he once owned. No one, and nothing, could keep him down.
Apr 27, 2023 · Crown left the bank in 1985 to join his family’s investment firm, Henry Crown and Co., of which he is now president. A few years later, in 1987, he joined the board of New Mexico and Arizona Land Company, with interests in oil, gas, real estate and – perhaps notably – uranium mining.
The Henry Crown Fellowship Program, established in 1997, seeks to develop the next generation of community-spirited leaders, providing them with the tools necessary to meet the challenges of business leadership in the 21st century.
