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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Floyd Odlum canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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investor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Atlas Corporation
NERFINISHED
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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
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finance ⓘ investment ⓘ |
| givenName | Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of major fortunes built during the Great Depression ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace
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investment holding companies ⓘ motion pictures ⓘ |
| influenced | corporate restructuring practices ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early 20th-century American industrial expansion ⓘ |
| investmentStyle |
distressed asset investing
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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
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corporate executive ⓘ investor ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus | aviation causes ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of Atlas Corporation
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founder of Atlas Corporation ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialRole | prominent figure in American business history ⓘ |
| spouse |
Hortense McQuarrie Odlum
NERFINISHED
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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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