Henry J. Kaiser
1882-1967
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"I always have to dream up there against the stars. If
I don't dream I'll make it, I won't even get close."
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He rose from obscurity in
the finest rags-to-riches tradition to become a world-renowned entrepreneur.
Henry J. Kaiser was a builder of roads, dams, ships and housing. He established
giant businesses in cement, aluminium, chemicals, steel, tourism and health
care. His many projects put thousands to work during the depression of the
thirties and his massive shipbuilding during World War II was a decisive factor
in winning the war. A "can-do" capitalist, he was still fair and equitable with
his employees, worked freely and cooperatively with their unions and earned the
respect and admiration of the trade union movement.
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