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Owen D. Young

1874 - 1962

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Owen D. Young (October 27, 1874 – July 11, 1962) 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. He is known for the plan to settle Germany's World War I reparations, known as the Young Plan and for the creation of the Radio Corporation of America. Young founded RCA as a subsidiary of General Electric in 1919; he became its first chairman and continued in that position until 1929. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Owen D. Young has received more than 244,185 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Owen D. Young is the 573rd most popular businessperson, the 8,376th most popular biography from United States and the 191st most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Owen D. Young ranks 573 out of 847. Before him are Jean-Paul Agon, Anita Roddick, Dwarkanath Tagore, Jacqueline Mars, James Gordon Bennett Jr., and Eric Trump. After him are Marc Faber, Alan Sugar, Mary Barra, Paul Stoddart, Li Shufu, and Gardiner Greene Hubbard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Owen D. Young ranks 216. Before him are Charles A. Beard, Guido Balzarini, Henry Kolker, Cathal Brugha, Aleksander Prystor, and Charles R. Knight. After him are Victor Sonnemans, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Ivan Moskvin, Harold Kitson, Gheorghe Mironescu, and Georges Trombert. Among people deceased in 1962, Owen D. Young ranks 186. Before him are Pontus Hanson, Lucile Watson, Fernand Rigaux, Seiichiro Kashio, Solomon Linda, and Harlow Curtice. After him are John Ireland, Jorma Valkama, Victor Sonnemans, John Rimmer, Harmodio Arias Madrid, and André Roosevelt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Owen D. Young ranks 8,376 out of 20,380. Before him are Ben McKenzie (1978), Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918), Dale Fuller (1885), Harriet Quimby (1875), Lisa Marie (1968), and James Drury (1934). After him are Frank Piasecki (1919), Lee Calhoun (1933), Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Sophia Bush (1982), Henry Dreyfuss (1904), and Barbara Bonney (1956).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Owen D. Young ranks 191. Before him are Marcus Loew (1870), Bruce Buck (1946), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), Jacqueline Mars (1939), James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841), and Eric Trump (1984). After him are Mary Barra (1961), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), John Wanamaker (1838), Shane McMahon (1970), Teddy Mayer (1935), and Carly Fiorina (1954).

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