Conrad Hilton

-became a friend of presidents
-built a hotel chain from the ground up
-was born in 1887 in new mexico and was the first born
-Hilton learned the value of hard work and deep faith
-he excelled at arithmetic
-worked at his fathers store and lesrned how to deal with customers and how to give the customer a fair deal while still making money
-was one of 8 children
-his father made tons of money from the store
-though his father obgected he became a politician
-he love the thriving social life of politicians
-he set about making his first dream come true
-opened up a bank with the little money he had
-he went to war in france
-loved his time in the army
-he went to texas in 1919
-was adamant about being a banker
-he got turned away from the bank and went to a nearby hotel
-he saw there that the hotel was full to the brim
-he bought his first hotel for $40,000
-it was a smashing success
-bought other small motels
-dig for gold or sqeeze money from wherever he could
-came up with the term minimax
-earning $100,000 a year with all the hotels he owned
-he met a girl in church and they got married
-they had 3 sons
-didn't have much time for home life
-the deppression hit
-he didn't give up and kept working
-he saved the hotel the hilton stayed afloat
-from surviving the depression he got an amazing rock solid reputation
-he was able to use certain events to his advantages
-when people are fearful they will take anything
-he bought the biggest hotel in the world
-his mother died when she was 85
-was a very honorable person
-he was very religeous
-his oldest son died when he was 40
-he died of the age of 91