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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.

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3. www.nytimes.com › 1983/02/20 › obituariesCHARLES G. BLUHDORN, THE HEAD OF GULF AND WESTERN, DIES AT 56

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   Feb 20, 1983 · Charles G. Bluhdorn, who built a small Michigan auto-parts company into Gulf and Western Industries, the multibillion-dollar conglomerate, died yesterday while flying home to New York from a...

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   May 7, 2015 · Charles Bluhdorn had purchased a nearly defunct auto parts manufacturing company, Michigan Plating & Stamping, in 1956, renamed it Gulf+Western, and used it to acquire a diversified portfolio...

5. www.vanityfair.com › magazine › 2015Hurricane Charlie | Vanity Fair

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   Feb 4, 2015 · Rapacious, combustible, and passionate, Charlie Bluhdorn routinely made the impossible happen as he built his Gulf & Western empire. Taking over Paramount in 1966, he hired (and battled)...

6. www.vanityfair.com › The-Man-Who-Kept-The-SecretsThe Man Who Kept The Secrets | Vanity Fair

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   Apr 6, 1997 · When Charles Bluhdorn, the Austrian immigrant who transformed a small Michigan auto-bumper business into Gulf & Western, took over Paramount Pictures in 1966 and brought in Evans to run it...

7. www.hbs.edu › detailsCharles G. Bluhdorn - Leadership - Harvard Business School

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   Charles G. Bluhdorn. Gulf and Western. 1958–1983. Industry: Utilities & Energy. Era: 1950. From 1960 to 1965, Gulf and Western’s growth was largely through expansion of its auto parts business. In 1965, Bluhdorn began to move toward diversification.

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   What happened to Charles Bluhdorn?

   • NEW YORK -- Charles G. Bluhdorn, who guided Gulf & Western Industries Inc. from its beginning as a small auto parts manufacturer-distributor to the multi-billion-dollar company it is today, died of a heart attack. He was 56.

   Charles Bluhdorn, Gulf & Western board chairman, dead at 56

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   Who is Charles Bluhdorn?

   • Sitting above this diverse talent was the CEO of the holding company of Paramount. Charles Bluhdorn had purchased a nearly defunct auto parts manufacturing company, Michigan Plating & Stamping, in 1956, renamed it Gulf+Western, and used it to acquire a diversified portfolio of hundreds of holdings.

   The Leadership Legacy Of Hollywood Boss Charlie Bluhdorn - Forbes

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   Does Charles Bluhdorn own Gulf & Western?

   • Charles Bluhdorn, who owns Gulf & Western and God knows what else,” he said in accepting, “no matter how much we might have liked to strangle each other from time to time.” But clouds were shadowing Oscar night, a whole black bank of them in the form of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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   What happened to Bob Bluhdorn?

   • He was 56. Bluhdorn, a Manhattan resident, died Saturday in a corporate jet en route from the Dominican Republic to corporate headquarters in New York City, said Gulf & Western spokesman Jerry Sherman. Bluhdorn presided as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Gulf & Western Industries, Inc., since the day it was founded in 1958.

   Charles Bluhdorn, Gulf & Western board chairman, dead at 56

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9. www.upi.com › Archives › 1983/02/21Charles Bluhdorn, Gulf & Western board chairman, dead at 56 - UPI

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   Feb 21, 1983 · NEW YORK -- Charles G. Bluhdorn, who guided Gulf & Western Industries Inc. from its beginning as a small auto parts manufacturer-distributor to the multi-billion-dollar company it is today,...