Wattis Brothers

Wattis Brothers

Three Utah brothers, Edmund Orson Wattis, Jr, Warren L. Wattis, and William Henry Wattis who founded Utah Construction Company in 1900. Their original $8,000 investment in 1900 grew to $478 million after the 1976 acquisition by the General Electric company.

Brothers E. O. Wattis (left), W. L. Wattis, And W.H Wattis in 1900.

References

Sessions, Gene A & Sterling D. Utah International, A Biography of a Business. ISBN 0-9722102-0-2


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