Barron Hilton
William Barron Hilton (born October 23, 1927 in Dallas , Texas - † September 19, 2019 ) was an American billionaire. He was heir to the Hilton hotel chain founded in 1919 .
Private
family
He was the second son of hotel founders Conrad Hilton and Mary Adelaide Barron . His brothers are Erik Hilton and Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Jr. , the first husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor (1950). He had a younger half-sister, Constance Francesca Hilton , daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor . Barron Hilton was the grandfather of the Paris and Nicky Hilton sisters .
Hilton married Marilyn Hawley (February 11, 1928 - March 2004) with whom he had eight children: William Barron Hilton, Jr. (* 1948), Hawley Anne Hilton (* 1949), Stephen Michael Hilton (* 1950) , David Alan Hilton (* 1952), Sharon Constance Hilton (* 1953), Richard Howard Hilton (* 1955), Daniel Kevin Hilton (* 1962) and Ronald Jeffrey Hilton (* 1963).
His son Richard Hilton is the father of Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton, another grandson is Barron Hilton of the same name.
capital
Hotel founder Barron Hilton's legacy is $ 2.3 billion, according to The Forbes 400.
In August 2010, Hilton pledged to donate approximately 75% of his fortune to The Giving Pledge campaign . The initiative was launched in June 2010 by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to encourage US “ super-rich ” to donate more than half of their wealth to charity.
Life
Barron was doing business in Los Angeles for several years , at the time he was a board member of Statler Hotels Delaware Corporation and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation .
In 1954 he was elected Vice President of the Hilton Hotels Corporation . His father was the company's president at the time. At the time, Hilton held executive positions in several other companies. These included airplane charter companies, beverage manufacturers, and Texas oil companies.
In 1960 he founded the American football team San Diego Chargers . The Chargers are part of the National Football League (NFL) and play in the American Football Conference (AFC) , in the Western Division .
In 1966 he took over the presidency of the Hilton chain.
In 1982 he founded the luxury hotel chain Conrad Hotels .
In July 2007, the investor Blackstone Group acquired the Hilton chain for US $ 26 billion (19 billion euros).
Gliding
Together with Helmut Reichmann , he founded the Barron Hilton Cup in 1981 , one of the most important international glider competitions. The winners of this two-year competition will be invited to stay at the hotel heir's Flying M Ranch . Here, with many celebrities from air sports and civil and military aviation, you can fly in the best thermal conditions.
Web links
- Barron Hilton in nndb (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Initiative by Gates and Buffett: 40 super-rich donate half of their wealth. In: Spiegel Online . August 4, 2010, accessed February 28, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hilton, Barron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hilton, William Barron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American billionaire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dallas , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th September 2019 |