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He was born Conrad Nicholson Hilton in San Antonio, New Mexico Territory, the son of Augustus Holver Hilton and Mary Laufersweiler. His father, Gus, who was born on the Hilton farm outside of Oslo, Norway, where relatives still live, emigrated to the United States. Conrad's mother was the daughter of a German-born merchant.
Conrad was educated at St. Michael's College (now the College of Santa Fe), and at the New Mexico School of Mines (now New Mexico Tech). In his early twenties, he was a representative in the first state legislature of the newly-formed State of New MexicoNew Mexico is a state in the southwestern United States and its U. postal abbreviation is NM . The state's two official languages are English and Spanish. Nuevo Mexico was the Spanish name for the territory north and west of the Rio Grande. USS New Mexico.
He entered the hotel business by buying the Mobley Hotel in Cisco, TexasCisco is a city located in Eastland County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 3,851. Conrad Hilton started the Hilton Hotel chain with a single hotel bought in Cisco in 1919. Geography Cisco is located at 32°23'5" North, 98°, in 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus. The first hotel he had built was the Dallas Hilton, which opened on August 2August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. Events 338 BC Rise of Macedon: Philip of Macedon crushes Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea. 216 BC Punic Wars: In the Battle of Cann, 1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu. He formed the Hilton Hotel Corporation in 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar. The company expanded into credit cards, car rentals, and other travel services.
Hilton had three wives, Mary Adelaide Barron (married 1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu-divorced 1934Events January-April January 1 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison. January 7 First Flash Gordon comic strip is published. January 10 Execution of Marinus van der Lubbe January 24 Einstein visits White House January 26 The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, Ne), actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (married 1942-divorced 1947) and Mary Frances (married 1976).
He and Barron had three sons, Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Jr.( 1926- 1969); William Barron Hilton (born 1927); and Eric Michael Hilton (born 1932). He and Gabor had one daughter, Francesca Hilton (born 1947), who is the only child born to any of the three Gabor sisters.
Hilton's autobiography, Be My Guest, publised in 1957 by Prentiss Hall, is excellent reading for American History and Hospitality Management students alike.
He was a very successful businessman and an example of the prototypical American business tycoon. He ranks along with Ford (automobiles), Morgan (finance), Rockfeller (petroleum), Du Pont (armament and chemicals), Disney (entertainment), Hughes (airplanes), Stanford (railroads), Carnegie (steel), and Duke (tobacco).
Conrad Hilton died in Santa Monica, California at the age of ninety-one. He is interred at Calvary Hills Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
His estate founded the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. He left nothing to his children or other descendants, but his son, Barron Hilton, contested the will and won in 1988. The net worth of Barron, and his descendants, then jumped to over $335,000,000.
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