Biography of Conrad Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels

Conrad Nicholson Hilton is a popular businessman from the United States engaged in the hospitality business. He is the founder of the Hilton Hotel network spread almost all over the country in the world. Born December 25, 1887 in San Antonio, New Mexico and died at the age of 90 years in January 1979. Hilton the second of eight children. His father was an immigrant from Oslo (Norway) named Augustus Hover Hilton. Hilton moved to America in 1960 and lived in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Before he died, the Hilton hotel chain has managed to build as many as 185 hotels in the United States and 75 other hotels outside the U.S..

Conrad Hilton has carved his name in history. In 1965, the hotel business hotel Hilton has 61 pieces in 19 countries reached 40,000 rooms and staff of employees reached 40,000 people. Hilton itself has a 30 per cent of the revenues of an estimated $ 500,000 million. This is a clear picture of the principle of Hilton: Believe in your goals, your goals and to God. The formula above is a summary of a great career Conrad Hilton, one of the greatest king of hospitality and the richest in the world.


Hilton business stems from gagasanya about how if the six bedrooms in his house be set in such a way as to become a hotel. Each city would need a hotel. Millions of people will go to big cities for a variety of interests, businesses and all sorts of affairs. They certainly need a place to stay, rest areas for the city. This idea then he embodied the struggle and hard work. He is juggling her home into a hotel. Mother and his sisters to take care of hotel while he and his father still works at the store.


After the store closes at 6 pm, Hilton dinner and then immediately break. Middle of the night he picked up a passenger train at an early day. Hilton take care of things the guests, sign them up, check all their needs like blankets, soap and towels, noting that they want breakfast in the morning and what time they ask dibangungkan. He sent a note to his mother, then returned to the station to greet the train at 3 am. If the last guest has got accommodation, Hilton breaks again until 7 am. After waking, she served the guests, and then re-open the store.



Hotels San Antonio and is widely known for only six weeks after the official opening, even to the city of Chicago. Hilton Hotels is known for its outstanding service. An important lesson has been found Conrad Hilton. He always worked hard and long to succeed. Until his death, he said that he did not want to get paid a million dollars in exchange for everything I have learned so far.


The success of "hotel" Hilton lets her first demanding education in New Mexico School of Mines in 1907. This period marked a turning point in his life. Within two years, Gus has risen again. He got busy in the real estate business in Hot Springs, New Mexico. He dreamed of opening a bank, and he has purchased land to build houses. The land was located in Sorocco, where the founding Chool of Mines. Hilton hated the city. His father gave him the option to remain in San Antonio to take care of the store, while the whole family moved to Sorocco. Hilton knew that his sisters would be more likely to succeed in the city, so he agreed. This is the beginning of his apprenticeship in the business world.


Hilton is famous for its principle of "show respect for anyone". These principles eventually led to a series-Caribe Hilton hotel in Peurto Rico. In his business affairs abroad also, Hilton applying the three principles as in the country: Cultivate your own capital, bankers Treat a friend, Give the hotel manager in the company's stock.



Hilton would prefer a partnership offering to investors outside the hotel-hotel. They are burdened with buying land and finance construction. Hilton provides technical assistance and assist the operation of the hotel. Then the two sides signed a joint lease or management contract with. Personnel, who are screened and carefully selected from local personnel, are invited to improve their proficiency in Hilton hotels in the United States.


Hotels appear everywhere abroad. Then Hilton International Corporation was established in 1948. This stand-alone entity, separate from its parent body, but Hilton takes the lead as president and chairman of the board of directors. Hilton hotel operations abroad to meet two goals Hilton: first to help the Americans in touch with the rest of the world so as to make them more tolerant, and second, and second, the hotels allows the world to know America and its citizens. Luminaries to help provide funding to the Hilton Hotel located everywhere abroad. Shah of Iran with the Foundation Pahlavinya have a Hilton Hotel. Howard Hughes also has links with the hotel via Trans World Airlines. In May 1967, Hilton International became a branch of TWA. At the time, Hilton has resigned from the business that has been built with a minimum investment.



Although very successful in business, in his personal life Hilton was not so happy. He and his first wife, Mary Barron, has three sons, Nick, Barron, and Eric. When the youngest child was born in 1933, Hilton was run out of steam due to the burden of hard work. His marriage fall apart. Next he married Zsa Zsa-Gabar, but this marriage did not live long. Quieter third marriage. In 1976, at the age of 89, he married Mary Kelly France. 20-year-old woman under him and a friend for a long time.