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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Charles_BluhdornCharles Bluhdorn - Wikipedia

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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.

3. www.vanityfair.com › news › 1997The 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 for...

4. 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...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gulf_and_Western_IndustriesGulf and Western Industries - Wikipedia

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   Bluhdorn period. Gulf and Western's origins date to the 1934 founding of the Michigan Bumper Corporation. In 1955, the company changed its name to Michigan Plating and Stamping Company, and later in 1956 it was taken over by Charles Bluhdorn.

6. www.forbes.com › sites › berlinschoolofcreativeThe Leadership Legacy Of Hollywood Boss Charlie Bluhdorn - Forbes

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   May 7, 2015 · Though his ownership of the Hol lywood studio, Paramount, Charlie Bluhdorn learned how to involve himself in these processes.

7. 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)...

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   Who was Charlie Bluhdorn?

   • 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) executives from Robert Evans to Barry Diller, turning the last-place studio into the unmatched hit factory of Love Story, Chinatown, and The Godfather.

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   What did Charlie Bluhdorn make?

   • Anything appeared possible with Charlie Bluhdorn, who collected 150-odd companies during his brief, combustible life, making everything from bumpers to sugar to mattresses to paper bags to cigars to wristwatches to cement to stockings to books to consumer loans to caskets. Not to mention motion pictures.

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   Why did Bluhdorn buy Paramount?

   • Bluhdorn appointed himself as chief executive officer, chairman, and president of Paramount and promoted Martin S. Davis to chief operating officer and executive vice president. The acquisition of Paramount was a significant move in Gulf and Western's diversification strategy and allowed the company to expand into the entertainment industry.

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   Is Bluhdorn a 'collective genius'?

   • Rather than cataloguing specific contributions (or impediments), it is perhaps better to recognize Bluhdorn’s role in fostering what management scholar Linda A. Hill has more recently called ‘collective genius,’ that environment in which individual talents are rendered into a single collective work animated by shared purpose.

   The Leadership Legacy Of Hollywood Boss Charlie Bluhdorn - Forbes

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9. time.com › archive › 6882909The Big Sell-Off | TIME

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   Aug 29, 1983 · Charles Bluhdorn was one of the earliest and flashiest corporate conglomerateurs, a master of the unfriendly takeover. Starting with a small auto-parts company in 1958, he assembled an...