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Charles George Bluhdorn (born Karl Georg Blühdorn; September 20, 1926 – February 19, 1983) was an Austrian-born American industrialist. He built his fortune in auto parts and commodities such as zinc , and following a 1966 acquisition became CEO, chairman and president of the Hollywood movie studio Paramount Pictures .
Charles George Bluhdorn (born Karl Georg Blühdorn; September 20, 1926 – February 19, 1983) was an Austrian-born American industrialist. He built his fortune in auto parts and commodities such as zinc , and following a 1966 acquisition became CEO, chairman and president of the Hollywood movie studio Paramount Pictures .
Aug 29, 1983 · Charles Bluhdorn was one of the earliest and flashiest corporate conglomerateurs, a master of the unfriendly takeover. Starting with a small auto-parts company in 1958, he assembled an...
May 7, 2015 · Appointed as Head of Production at Paramount in 1966 (at age 36), he would oversee an extraordinary run of imaginative and money-making films including Rosemary’s Baby, Love Story, and Harold and...
Jul 18, 1977 · A t the peak of his rambunctious form, Chairman Charles Bluhdorn of Gulf & Western Industries, one of the world’s biggest conglomerates (1976 sales: $3.4 billion), is a curiously compulsive...
Dec 8, 1996 · By reputation, Charles G. Bluhdorn was the most ruthless conglomerateur of them all. His violent temper and many eccentricities made him a celebrity.
May 15, 1972 · Answer: a good lucky businessman. Charles Bluhdorn, the highly creative and sometimes abrasive chairman of Gulf & Western Industries, is just that. In the 1960s he built G. & W. into a...