Hughes Electronics

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Company
gptkbp:acquired_by gptkb:General_Motors
gptkbp:acquisition gptkb:Hughes_Network_Systems
Acquired by Echo Star in 2008
gptkbp:acquisition_year gptkb:1985
gptkb:2000
gptkbp:business_model B2 B and B2 C
gptkbp:competitors gptkb:Direc_TV
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:2000
gptkbp:divisions gptkb:Hughes_Aircraft_Company
gptkbp:employees 10,000+
gptkbp:famous_for Direct broadcast satellite services
gptkbp:founded gptkb:1971
gptkbp:founded_by gptkb:Howard_Hughes
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Howard_Hughes
gptkbp:headcount 10,000
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:California
gptkb:Los_Angeles_County
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:El_Segundo
gptkb:El_Segundo,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hughes Electronics
gptkbp:industry gptkb:Telecommunications
Aerospace and Defense
gptkbp:key gptkb:Hughes_Aircraft_Company
gptkbp:key_people gptkb:Jack_D._Hughes
gptkbp:market_cap $20 billion (2000)
gptkbp:merged_with gptkb:Raytheon
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:Michael_T._Strianese
gptkbp:notable_products gptkb:Hughes_Net
gptkbp:operating_income $1 billion (2000)
gptkbp:parent gptkb:General_Motors
gptkbp:parent_company gptkb:Echo_Star_Corporation
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:General_Motors_Corporation
gptkbp:partnerships Various telecommunications companies
gptkbp:products Satellite communications
gptkbp:region Worldwide
gptkbp:revenue gptkb:2000
$3 billion (2000)
Subsidiary of Echo Star
gptkbp:service_area gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:services Satellite television
gptkbp:services_provided Broadband internet
gptkbp:subsidiaries gptkb:Hughes_Space_and_Communications
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:General_Motors
gptkb:Hughes_Network_Systems
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Echo_Star
gptkbp:technology Satellite technology
gptkbp:trade NYSE: GM
gptkbp:type_of_business gptkb:Public
gptkbp:website www.hughes.com
gptkbp:zip_code 90245
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hughes_Space_and_Communications
gptkb:Hughes_Aircraft_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5