“One of the three most profitable multibillion-dollar companies in the U.S., and a brilliant performer in a dull stock market, Teledyne, Inc. is a unique company. In no way more than in style and contrary thinking of the man who runs it.” — Forbes July 9, 1979. Dr. Henry E. Singleton was one of the most efficient business operators, capital allocators and great minds of the last century. Over a few decades Singleton took a struggling military contractor and turned it into one of America’s largest conglomerates. During 1979, near the height of Singleton, and Teledyne’s success, Forbes Magazine ran…
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