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Barron Hilton. William Barron Hilton (October 23, 1927 – September 19, 2019) was an American business magnate, philanthropist and sportsman. The second son and successor of hotelier Conrad Hilton, he was the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hilton Hotels Corporation and chairman emeritus of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Sep 20, 2019 · William Barron Hilton — Barron was his mother’s maiden name — was born Oct. 23, 1927, in Dallas, where he grew up as a devoted fan of the planes that flew into and out of Love Field, the ...
Sep 20, 2019 · William Barron Hilton was born in Dallas in 1927 to Hilton Hotels founder, Conrad N. Hilton, and his wife, Mary Adelaide Barron. As a teenager, he worked at the Town House in Los Angeles, parking cars for hotel guests. After joining the Navy at age 17 and serving at Pearl Harbor, Hilton embarked on a successful, 20-year career as an entrepreneur.
Sep 20, 2019 · William Barron Hilton (he preferred using his middle name) was born on Oct. 23, 1927, in Dallas, the second of three sons of Conrad Nicholson Hilton and the Mary Adelaide (Barron) Hilton.
Sep 20, 2019 · William Barron Hilton was born Oct. 23, 1927, in Dallas. ... He had two brothers, Eric Hilton, who became an executive at Hilton Hotels, and Conrad Nicholson (“Nicky”) Hilton Jr., a socialite ...
With his business acumen, Barron Hilton helped grow his father’s 1979 bequest of $160 million in Hilton stock into an endowment of more than $2.9 billion to support the philanthropic work of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. In 2007, Hilton announced that, like his father, he would leave 97% of his wealth to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
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Sep 20, 2019 · Barron Hilton, the second son of the famous hotel chain’s founder, was determined to emerge from his father’s monumental shadow. Mr. Hilton, who died Thursday at age 91 at his home in Los ...
