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Dates: during 1950-1959
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LUCIUS CLAY does not rest on his fame or his contacts (Continental has little Government business) to earn his $150,000 yearly salary. "Does he run the company?" asks a Continental executive. "I'll say he does. Not just 100% - about 106%." Clay has a photographic memory that enables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: General of Industry | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

The size of the biggest family fortune made in the get-rich-quick U.S. electronics industry was fixed last week. Only 30 minutes after being placed on the market, the first public offering of 1,000,000 shares of Transitrun Electronic Corp. at $36 each was snapped up by investors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Transistor Tycoons | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

First With the Best. The Bakalars have built their electronics fortunes in only seven years. In 1952, Leo had a highly successful plastics business and good bank credit. David had a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. in physical metallurgy and some practical semiconductor experience from a job at Bell

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Transistor Tycoons | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

In August 1953, Transitron got its first big order: $40,000 worth of diodes from Remington Rand's Univac division. Sales and profits have soared steadily ever since. Last year Transitron had sales of $30,913,376 and earnings of $6,456,138 after taxes, a 21% return on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Transistor Tycoons | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Transitron has pioneered in the development of low-noise transistors for use in computers and for military applications. It was the first company to manufacture silicon rectifiers commercially, is now one of the biggest producers of devices used to deliver large amounts of direct current in most electronic circuits. Currently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Transistor Tycoons | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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