Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century
Hernand Behn
- Industry: Communications
- Era: 1920
In 1920, the Behn brothers, Hernand and Sosthenes, organized International Telephone and Telegraph. They worked jointly with AT&T to lay the telephone cables from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba. As president during the 1920s, Hernand grew the company’s assets from $38 million to $535 million, creating a worldwide network of cable and local telephone systems in more than thirty countries.
Personal
- Born-Died: 1880–1933
- Birthplace: Virgin Islands
- Race: White
- Gender: Male
- Father: Owner, Large Business
Education / Military
- Undergraduate: St. Barbe College
- Military Service: Navy