lynn tilton
So, come sit with R&W at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. as we spend a chilly evening on Dec. 18, 2008 with Lynn Tilton. [1]
The male-dominated industry has never seen anyone quite like Lynn Tilton, a New York financier who since 2000 quietly has been amassing an empire, acquiring or investing in more than 70 companies, with holdings totaling $8 billion. [2]
Lynn Tilton, owner of MD Helicopters, at Heli-Expo last week in Anaheim. [3]
The chairman and acting CEO of MD Helicopters, Lynn Tilton, took issue with the editorial and an accompanying Rotorcraft Report item in our April 2006 issue about her comments on the state of that company and the rotorcraft industry during Heli-Expo 2006. [4]
The world of aviation is filled with corporate executives, but none quite like Lynn Tilton. [...] At her first Heli-Expo press conference in Dallas (2006), Tilton - dressed in skin-tight leather slacks, boots with 5-in heels and a fur-lined leather jacket - announced she was going to pull the ailing helicopter company back from the cliff, get parts out to hundreds of grounded customers who had been unable to fly for nearly two years, and give the industry a well-needed shaking up. [1]
Rotor blades and turbine engines were supposed to be the showcase at the annual helicopter convention in Anaheim, Calif., the last week of February, so pilot James Costa wasn’t sure what to make of the crowd surrounding a woman in a leopard-print dress and knee-high boots. [2]
Rotor blades and turbine engines were supposed to be the showcase at the annual helicopter convention in Anaheim last week, so pilot James Costa wasn’t sure what to make of the crowd surrounding a woman in a leopard-skin dress with knee-high boots. [...] The woman with long blond hair was signing glossy photos of herself as a line formed in front of her exhibit booth. [3]
As four executives of the world’s largest helicopter makers, including Bell Helicopter Textron and Sikorsky Aircraft, finished up their presentations, Tilton, who was running late, walked up to the podium wearing that leopard-print dress. [2]
The friendly and equally feisty investor came crashing through the main gate of the exclusive helicopter community when she bought near-bankrupt MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) of Mesa, Ariz. [1]
The gray-suited, male-dominated industry has never seen anyone quite like Tilton, a single mom and a New York financier who since 2000 has been quietly amassing an empire, acquiring or investing in more than 70 companies worth $8 billion. [3]
Tilton: I think that my business was created actually with the intent to make the world a better place; by taking what other people would toss away and creating value, and by creating and sustaining jobs in this country so that people wouldn’t go home and tell their families they weren’t able to survive. [...] And to go from number nine and having 265 aircraft on the ground in July of 2005, to come in number two in [Professional Pilot magazine's] survey, and number one in spare parts, I think is a pretty amazing accomplishment. [1]
Veteran financial journalist Jon Talton blogs daily on the most important economic news, trends and issues involving Seattle and the Northwest. [2]
Sources:
[1] Rotor & Wing Magazine :: A Visit With Lynn Tilton
[2] Business & Technology | “Rock star” executive Lynn Tilton rescues …
[3] Executive gets mileage from her image - Los Angeles Times
[4] Rotor & Wing Magazine :: Face to Face With Lynn Tilton