Tex Thornton
@texthornton
American businessman (1913–1981)
Building Litton Industries as Founder · United States
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1913–1981
- Educated at
- Texas Tech University
About
Tex Thornton lived from 1913 to 1981. They were born in Goree. They studied at Texas Tech University.
In context
Litton Industries was founded in 1953 and closed in 2001, after 48 years. Among the 7 other aerospace industry companies founded in the 1950s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 26 years, so this one outlasted most of them.
Named alongside
- Charles Litton, Sr.Founder
- Roy AshFounder
Contribution
Tex's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.