Harold Simmons
Harold Simmons
Harold Clark Simmonswas an American businessman and billionaire whose banking expertise helped him develop the acquisition concept known as the leveraged buyoutto acquire various corporations. He was the owner of Contran Corporation and of Valhi, Inc.,. As of 2006 he controlled 5 public companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange: NL Industries; Titanium Metals Corporation, the world's largest producer of titanium; Valhi, Inc., a multinational company with operations in the chemicals, component products, Waste Control Specialists, titanium metals industries;...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth13 May 1931
CountryUnited States of America
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I definitely have a shareholders' perspective. I'm not doing that altruistically. I'm doing that because it's in my own self interest to do it. I think that's good for my other shareholders because they go along with me: If I do well for myself, then they do well for themselves.