James Crown is the son of Lester Crown and Renee Schine. He is an American businessman and the son of Chicago financier Henry Crown, who created the Material Service Corporation with two brothers in 1919, which merged with General Dynamics in 1959.
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Crown has been a perennial member of the Forbes 400 list since 1982. He controls family holdings, including large stakes in Maytag, Hilton Hotels, Alltel, Aspen Skiing Company, New York’s Rockefeller Centre, and pro basketball’s Chicago Bulls
Recent achievements include brokering a controversial agreement to expand O’Hare International Airport and spearheading the funding of the new Cook County Hospital.
He is the chairman of the Commerical Club of Chicago Council on Global Affairs. His current hometown is Wilmette, Illinois.
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