Graham-Newman Corporation

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investment company investment partnership

Graham-Newman Corporation was an influential mid-20th-century investment partnership known for pioneering value investing principles under Benjamin Graham’s leadership.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Graham-Newman Corporation canonical	6
Graham-Newman investment partnership	1
Graham-Newman partnership	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T638863 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Graham-Newman Corporation
Context triple: [Benjamin Graham, founded, Graham-Newman Corporation]

A. John Graham & Company
John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
B. The Woodbridge Company
The Woodbridge Company is a Canadian private holding and investment firm that serves as the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family, including its controlling interest in Thomson Reuters.
C. Goodrich Corporation
Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
D. Harrison/Erickson Inc.
Harrison/Erickson Inc. is a design firm best known for creating the iconic Phillie Phanatic mascot for Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies.
E. Pella Corporation
Pella Corporation is a major American manufacturer of windows and doors known for its innovative, energy-efficient building products.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Graham-Newman Corporation
Target entity description: Graham-Newman Corporation was an influential mid-20th-century investment partnership known for pioneering value investing principles under Benjamin Graham’s leadership.

A. John Graham & Company
John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
B. The Woodbridge Company
The Woodbridge Company is a Canadian private holding and investment firm that serves as the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family, including its controlling interest in Thomson Reuters.
C. Goodrich Corporation
Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
D. Harrison/Erickson Inc.
Harrison/Erickson Inc. is a design firm best known for creating the iconic Phillie Phanatic mascot for Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies.
E. Pella Corporation
Pella Corporation is a major American manufacturer of windows and doors known for its innovative, energy-efficient building products.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	investment company ⓘ investment partnership ⓘ
activePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
associatedPerson	Irving Kahn ⓘ Walter Schloss ⓘ
associatedWith	Columbia Business School ⓘ Security Analysis (book) ⓘ linked to: Security Analysis The Intelligent Investor (book) ⓘ linked to: The Intelligent Investor
basedOnPrinciple	value investing ⓘ
coreConcept	margin of safety in investing ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
documentedIn	biographies of Benjamin Graham ⓘ memoirs and writings of Warren Buffett ⓘ
employedRole	Warren Buffett as securities analyst ⓘ linked to: Warren Buffett
employedStrategy	margin of safety ⓘ net-net investing ⓘ special situations investing ⓘ workouts and arbitrage ⓘ
foundedBy	Benjamin Graham ⓘ Jerome Newman ⓘ
governedByPhilosophy	buying securities below intrinsic value ⓘ capital preservation first, profit second ⓘ
hadEmployee	Warren Buffett ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the earliest professional value investing firms ⓘ
industry	investment management ⓘ
influenced	Warren Buffett ⓘ value investing movement ⓘ
investmentFocus	distressed and special situation securities ⓘ undervalued securities ⓘ
investmentStyle	deep value investing ⓘ fundamental analysis ⓘ
knownFor	pioneering value investing principles ⓘ
legacy	influential case studies in investment literature ⓘ template for later value investing partnerships ⓘ
notableAlumnus	Warren Buffett ⓘ
notableLeader	Benjamin Graham ⓘ
operatedInMarket	U.S. stock market ⓘ
organizationalForm	closed-end investment fund ⓘ partnership-like structure ⓘ
regulatoryForm	registered investment company ⓘ
taughtBy	Benjamin Graham to junior analysts ⓘ
usedMethod	detailed balance-sheet analysis ⓘ earnings power valuation ⓘ intrinsic value estimation ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Benjamin Graham → founded → Graham-Newman Corporation ⓘ

Buffett Partnership, Ltd. → associatedOrganization → Graham-Newman Corporation ⓘ

Walter Schloss → workedAt → Graham-Newman Corporation ⓘ

Jerome Newman → coFounderOf → Graham-Newman Corporation ⓘ

Jerome Newman → employer → Graham-Newman Corporation ⓘ

Jerome Newman → notableWork → Graham-Newman investment partnership ⓘ

linked to: Graham-Newman Corporation

Jerome Newman → memberOf → Graham-Newman Corporation ⓘ

Jerome Newman → partnerIn → Graham-Newman partnership ⓘ