Sosthenes Behn

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Sosthenes Behn was an American businessman and telecommunications pioneer best known for building a global phone empire and co-founding ITT Corporation.

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Hernan Behn 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
human
telecommunications pioneer
businessDomain international communications
telecommunications industry
telephone services
coFounded ITT Corporation NERFINISHED
International Telephone & Telegraph NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer ITT Corporation NERFINISHED
International Telephone & Telegraph NERFINISHED
familyName Behn NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork international business
telecommunications
telephone networks
givenName Sosthenes NERFINISHED
hasActivity acquisition of foreign telephone companies
consolidation of international telephone operations
creation of multinational telecom holding structures
hasRole corporate strategist
industrial leader
telecom innovator
influenced global telecommunications infrastructure
international corporate expansion in telecom
knownFor co-founding ITT Corporation
pioneering international telecommunications
notableAchievement early leadership in global telecom integration
establishing long-distance and overseas telephone links
transforming ITT into a major multinational corporation
notableWork building a global phone empire
development of a global telephone network
expansion of international telephone services
occupation businessman
entrepreneur
telecommunications executive
positionHeld chief executive of ITT Corporation
president of ITT Corporation NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male

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ITT Corporation foundedBy Sosthenes Behn
ITT Corporation foundedBy Sosthenes Behn
this entity surface form: Hernan Behn