Clement Melville Keys

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Clement Melville Keys was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian-born aviation financier and executive who played a key role in organizing and backing major U.S. airlines and aircraft manufacturers.

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Clement Melville Keys canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aviation financier ⓘ
business executive ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1930s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
businessPartner Curtiss interests in aviation ⓘ
various Wall Street banking houses ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
employer Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright Corporation ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
familyName Keys ⓘ
fieldOfWork aircraft manufacturing finance ⓘ
airline finance ⓘ
aviation industry ⓘ
founded Aviation Corporation (AVCO) ⓘ
linked to: Avco

Canadian Colonial Airways ⓘ
Colonial Air Transport ⓘ
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company holding interests ⓘ
National Air Transport ⓘ
North American Aviation ⓘ
givenName Clement ⓘ
industry aviation ⓘ
finance ⓘ
influenced development of transcontinental air transport in the United States ⓘ
growth of commercial aviation in North America ⓘ
knownFor aggressive acquisition of regional airlines ⓘ
complex corporate structures in aviation holdings ⓘ
name Clement Melville Keys ⓘ
notableFor backing major U.S. aircraft manufacturers ⓘ
being an early aviation industry power broker ⓘ
organizing major U.S. airlines ⓘ
notableWork creation of integrated aviation holding structures ⓘ
financial reorganization of Curtiss aviation interests ⓘ
occupation corporate executive ⓘ
financier ⓘ
participantIn early consolidation of the U.S. airline industry ⓘ
formation of large aviation holding companies in the 1920s ⓘ
placeOfBirth Canada ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of Curtiss-Wright Corporation ⓘ
president of Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
strategicFocus use of holding companies to control aviation assets ⓘ
vertical integration of aircraft manufacturing and airline operations ⓘ

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

North American Aviation → foundedBy → Clement Melville Keys ⓘ
Transcontinental Air Transport → foundedBy → Clement Melville Keys ⓘ
Clement Melville Keys → name → Clement Melville Keys ⓘ
Transcontinental Air Transport → foundedBy → Clement Melville Keys ⓘ
subject linked to: TAT
Transcontinental Air Transport → keyPerson → Clement Melville Keys ⓘ
subject linked to: TAT