- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Royal Little
Textron
1923 - 1960
Fabricated Goods
b. 1896
| Education |  |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Harvard University |
| Personal | |
|---|---|
| Born-Died | 1896 - 1989 |
| Birthplace | Massachusetts (MA) |
| Race | White |
| Father | Executive, Low-/Mid-Level |
Little, often referred to as “the Father of Conglomerates,” was famous for his “unrelated diversification” theory. He built one of the world’s largest and most successful conglomerates. Starting as a textile manufacturer, by the mid-1960s he had acquired nearly 70 different companies outside the textile industry (including companies in the fields of aerospace and defense, agrochemical and metal products).