International Telephone & Telegraph

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International Telephone & Telegraph was a major 20th-century American conglomerate best known for its global telecommunications operations and later diversified industrial and technology businesses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conglomerate ⓘ
telecommunications company ⓘ
acquired Avis Rent a Car ⓘ
Continental Baking Company ⓘ
Gilfillan Brothers ⓘ
Hartford Fire Insurance Company ⓘ
Sheraton Hotels ⓘ
linked to: Sheraton
alsoKnownAs ITT ⓘ
ITT Corporation ⓘ
businessModel diversified conglomerate ⓘ
businessType publicly traded company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolutionProcess breakup and spin-offs in the 1990s ⓘ
diversificationStrategy acquisitions across unrelated industries ⓘ
expandedInto Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
foundedBy Hernan Behn ⓘ
linked to: Sosthenes Behn

Sosthenes Behn ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalSignificance major player in global telecommunications development ⓘ
one of the largest U.S. conglomerates of the 20th century ⓘ
inception 1920 ⓘ
industry defense ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
involvedIn antitrust investigations ⓘ
political controversy in Chile ⓘ
keyActivity defense electronics production ⓘ
hotel and hospitality management ⓘ
insurance and financial services ⓘ
manufacture of telecommunications equipment ⓘ
operation of international telephone networks ⓘ
listedOn New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
notableFor diversified industrial businesses ⓘ
global telecommunications operations ⓘ
technology businesses ⓘ
operatedInCentury 20th century ⓘ
peakInfluencePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
regulatoryScrutiny United States Congress ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
successor ITT Corporation (post-1995 restructuring) ⓘ
linked to: ITT Corporation

ITT Inc. ⓘ
linked to: ITT

ITT Industries ⓘ
supplied military communications systems ⓘ
telecommunications infrastructure ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ITT Corporation → originalName → International Telephone & Telegraph ⓘ
ITT Corporation → hasPredecessor → International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation ⓘ
linked to: International Telephone & Telegraph
ITT Corporation → alsoKnownAs → International Telephone and Telegraph ⓘ
linked to: International Telephone & Telegraph
Philip W. Crosby → employer → International Telephone and Telegraph ⓘ
linked to: International Telephone & Telegraph
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola → employer → International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation ⓘ
linked to: International Telephone & Telegraph
Standard Telephones and Cables → parentCompany → International Telephone and Telegraph ⓘ
linked to: International Telephone & Telegraph
Sosthenes Behn → coFounded → International Telephone & Telegraph ⓘ
Sosthenes Behn → employer → International Telephone & Telegraph ⓘ
Philip W. Crosby → employer → International Telephone and Telegraph ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip
linked to: International Telephone & Telegraph
KDD Corporation → meaningOfAcronym → International Telegraph and Telephone ⓘ
linked to: International Telephone & Telegraph
ITT Educational Services, Inc. → foundedBy → International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation ⓘ
subject linked to: ITT Educational Services
linked to: International Telephone & Telegraph
ITT Educational Services, Inc. → parentOrganization → International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation ⓘ
subject linked to: ITT Educational Services
linked to: International Telephone & Telegraph