- Fortune named Hilton the best company in the US to work for in 2020 , according to employees.
- The 100-year-old Hilton brand has a storied history.
- What started as one hotel in Cisco, Texas in 1919 has grown into a worldwide hospitality giant behind colossal real-estate deals and a record-breaking IPO.
- The wealthy family behind the company has been in the limelight for decades between brief but high-profile marriages to beloved actresses like Elizabeth Taylor and Zsa Zsa Gabor and the widely publicized lives of socialites-turned-moguls Paris and Nicky Hilton .
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Conrad Hilton was the hotel magnate behind the iconic 100-year-old Hilton empire.
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Hilton was just named the best company to work for in the US by Fortune for the second year in a row .
The ubiquitous hotel company is comprised of more than 6,100 properties with 971,000 rooms in 119 countries and a workforce of 430,000.
And all of that began with Conrad Hilton's $5,000 investment in Cisco, Texas a hundred years ago.
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Here's a look at the history of the hospitality giant and the iconic Hilton family behind it from decades of eye-popping acquisition deals to generations of culturally significant marriages.
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