Floyd Odlum

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Floyd Odlum was an American businessman and investor, best known as the founder of Atlas Corporation and one of the wealthiest men of the Great Depression era.

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instanceOf human
investor
associatedWith Atlas Corporation NERFINISHED
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft NERFINISHED
General Dynamics NERFINISHED
RKO Pictures NERFINISHED
businessModel building diversified holding companies
businessRegion United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
era Great Depression NERFINISHED
familyName Odlum NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork corporate management
finance
investment
givenName Floyd NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance example of major fortunes built during the Great Depression
industry aerospace
investment holding companies
motion pictures
influenced corporate restructuring practices
influencedBy early 20th-century American industrial expansion
investmentStyle distressed asset investing
value investing
knownFor founder of Atlas Corporation
name Floyd Odlum NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableAchievement one of the wealthiest men of the Great Depression era
notableActivity buying undervalued companies during economic downturns
notableCharacteristic counter-cyclical investor during economic crises
notableFor counter-cyclical investing during the Great Depression
notableWork Atlas Corporation NERFINISHED
occupation businessman
corporate executive
investor
philanthropicFocus aviation causes
positionHeld chairman of Atlas Corporation
founder of Atlas Corporation
sexOrGender male
socialRole prominent figure in American business history
spouse Hortense McQuarrie Odlum NERFINISHED
Jacqueline Cochran NERFINISHED
strategy acquiring controlling interests in undervalued firms
supported Jacqueline Cochran’s aviation career
wealthStatus one of the richest Americans of the 1930s

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Jacqueline Cochran spouse Floyd Odlum