(Japan, too, acquired and developed a thriving sericulture a few centuries later).
He acquired and developed many of the country's largest media properties, and his MNC Group dominates Indonesian television.
So he trained as a lawyer, acquired and developed his own chemical company, Ems Chemie, and became a multi-millionaire.
Declaring he'd cull up to 100 brands — many of which he'd acquired and developed — P&G CEO A.G. Lafley launches a "game changer" profoundly different than what he championed in his eponymous 2008 bestseller.
To really make use of the resources it has left, Yahoo needs to commit to supporting the innovations it has acquired and developed much more than it has in the past.
Land was also acquired and developed by the prominent Hallett, Wisden, Baring and Faithfull families.
By 1995, Steamtown had been acquired and developed by the NPS with a $66 million allocation.
Generation after generation, the Janss clan acquired and developed the Los Angeles metropolitan area, including Westwood, Thousand Oaks and Van Nuys.
By 1995, Steamtown was acquired and developed by the National Park Service (NPS) at a total cost of $66 million, and opened as Steamtown National Historic Site the same year.
"In the five years under Theo's leadership, he has brought in a strong executive team and acquired and developed some of the best players in the game," chairman Tom Ricketts said.
Beginning in 1909, while still living in Logan, Lafount held the position of general manager at the newly founded Pacific Land & Water Company of Salt Lake City, which acquired and developed land for agricultural and mining purposes.
