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Harold Geneen
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http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/256/
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Corporate Culture, Miscellaneous
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As CEO of ITT, the former accountant grew the organization by one acquisition after another. From 1959 to 1977, ITT's sales went from $765 million to nearly $28 billion. Geneen (1910-1997) allowed for no frivolity and, even in his late eighties, worked a ten-hour day at a firm he bought into in 1992, upon his retirement from ITT. He combined hard work and an apparently slavish devotion to figures, understandable in a former accountant.
By the 1970s, International Telephone and Telegraph enjoyed an annual growth rate of 10% and managed 250 companies in some 60 countries. After his departure, ITT rapidly disintegrated |
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By Geneen, Harold
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Amazon's customers rating 
Harold Geneen is widely hailed as one of the greatest innovators the business world has ever known. In his final book, the father of the conglomerate who called himself "just plain Harold" took on the
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Griffin Trade Paperback
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December - Paperback
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Corporate Culture
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By Geneen, Harold
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Amazon's customers rating
This 53 minute Audio CD covers a discussion with Harold Geneen, the former CEO of ITT; the man who built ITT to one of America's largest and fastest growing companies, provides insights into his...
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Listen U.S.A.
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December - Audio
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Miscellaneous
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