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, former American telecommunications company that grew into a successful conglomerate corporation before its breakup in 1995.Geneen, Harold
American business executive who built the International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. (ITT) into a worldwide business conglomerate. During Geneen's tenure (1959-77) as president and CEO of ITT, the ...
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French-born American electronics engineer whose contribution to the development of high-frequency direction finders (HF/DF, or "Huff Duff") permitted the U.S. Navy during World War II to detect enemy ...
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telephone executive, president and founder, with his brother Hernand, of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (itt), one of the largest communications companies in the world.conglomerate
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