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Episode 67 #67 Conrad Hilton (Hilton Hotel Dynasty)
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Episode 67: #67 Conrad Hilton (Hilton Hotel Dynasty)

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Episode 67

#67 Conrad Hilton (Hilton Hotel Dynasty)

David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty by J. Randy Taraborrelli.

What I learned from reading The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty by J. Randy Taraborrelli.

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100 years ago he was a man with $5000 to his name (0:01)

the curse of the ambitious/early life + work (6:35)

Conrad Hilton is inspired by Helen Keller's optimism (13:00)

the first Hilton hotel + more failed businesses (14:45)

Conrad at 32 years old /falling back into the Hotel business by accident (25:30)

losing it all / The Great Depression (35:00)

The Great Depression's effect on his business and marriage (49:00)

Conrad's advice on how to make decisions (56:22)

Conrad Hilton's philosophy on money (1:03:47)

it is important to have friends around you that increase your ambition (1:11:30)

the regrets of Conrad Hilton (1:23:48)

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#67 Conrad Hilton (Hilton Hotel Dynasty)

Introduction

"As of December 31, 2011, the assets of the Conrad Hilton Foundation were approximately $2 billion, probably more money than Conrad Hilton ever could have imagined making in his lifetime. After all, almost a 100 years ago, he was a man with just $5,000 to his name, all of which he decided to use to purchase the ramshackle Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas. If not for the help of his devoted mother and an assortment of friends, he never would have been able to put together the balance of the $40,000 purchase price. From there, his empire grew not only in this country but around the world. His is a true, genuine American success story, or as his son Barron once proudly put it, 'It's definitely one for the record books, and not a day goes by that I don't sit and marvel at what my father did with his life. It is my hope that others are inspired by my father's story'."

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