Noah Dietrich

Noah Dietrich ( born February 28, 1889 in Madison, Wisconsin; † 15 February 1982) was a businessman, General Manager of Hughes Tool Company and vice president of Hughes Aircraft. In 1917, Dietrich met driving a oil company from the ground up in the EL Doheny Oil Companie.

Noah Dietrich and Howard Hughes

Dietrich met Howard Hughes in the fall of 1925 to know. Hughes had inherited at the time of his father's oil wellhead company. The Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas had at that time a value of approximately $ 600,000. Since Howard Hughes dealt by this time with the movie business and aviation, he left Noah Dietrich, the overall responsibility of the Hughes Tool Company.

Despite the problems that caused the company purchases his employer (purchase of RKO movie studios and movie theaters ) succeeded Dietrich to lead the company successful. 1938 Hughes bought the airline TWA and made Dietrich to its vice president. Noah Dietrich succeeded in 1955, RKO Studios profitable to sell, because Hughes had retired from the film business.

In March 1957, the highly paid managers Noah Dietrich whose company left after 32 years of service at the Howard Hughes. After Dietrich, who was regarded as a fatherly friend of Hughes, had terminated, this pulled completely back from the public.

In the 1960s, Dietrich had a financial consulting firm and was often a guest speaker on various aspects of business management. In the 1970s, Noah Dietrich began to suffer from muscle weakness, in consequence of which he died on 15 February 1982.

Noah Dietrich wrote the book: Howard Hughes, billionaire and myth. Martin Scorsese has scenes from the life of Hughes in one feature film converted ( Aviator, 2004). Dietrich is played in the film by John C. Reilly.

Noah Dietrich was married three times and had three children of their own.