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Owen D. Young
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Owen D. Young

Entrepreneur · RCA Corporation · born October 27, 1874 · died 1962

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Owen D. Young was an American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat at the Second Reparations Conference (SRC) in 1929, as a member of the German Reparations International Commission.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~45Founded RCA Corporation1919
  2. ~45Became CEO of General Electric1919
  3. ~55Named Time Person of the Year1929

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