Clement Melville Keys

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Clement Melville Keys was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian-born aviation financier and executive who played a key role in organizing and backing major U.S. airlines and aircraft manufacturers.

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instanceOf aviation financier
business executive
human
activeYearsEnd 1930s
activeYearsStart 1910s
businessPartner Curtiss interests in aviation
various Wall Street banking houses
countryOfCitizenship Canada
United States of America
employer Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
linked to: Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright Corporation
era early 20th century
familyName Keys
fieldOfWork aircraft manufacturing finance
airline finance
aviation industry
founded Aviation Corporation (AVCO)
linked to: Avco

Canadian Colonial Airways
Colonial Air Transport
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company holding interests
National Air Transport
North American Aviation
givenName Clement
industry aviation
finance
influenced development of transcontinental air transport in the United States
growth of commercial aviation in North America
knownFor aggressive acquisition of regional airlines
complex corporate structures in aviation holdings
name Clement Melville Keys
notableFor backing major U.S. aircraft manufacturers
being an early aviation industry power broker
organizing major U.S. airlines
notableWork creation of integrated aviation holding structures
financial reorganization of Curtiss aviation interests
occupation corporate executive
financier
participantIn early consolidation of the U.S. airline industry
formation of large aviation holding companies in the 1920s
placeOfBirth Canada
positionHeld chairman of Curtiss-Wright Corporation
president of Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
residence United States of America
sexOrGender male
strategicFocus use of holding companies to control aviation assets
vertical integration of aircraft manufacturing and airline operations

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North American Aviation foundedBy Clement Melville Keys
Transcontinental Air Transport foundedBy Clement Melville Keys
Clement Melville Keys name Clement Melville Keys
Transcontinental Air Transport foundedBy Clement Melville Keys
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Transcontinental Air Transport keyPerson Clement Melville Keys
subject linked to: TAT