Pullman Company

The Pullman Palace Car Company, founded by George Pullman, manufactured railroad cars in the mid to late 1800s through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. Pullman developed the sleeping car which carried his name into the 1980s. The labor union associated with the company, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was one of the most powerful African-American political entities of the 20th cent... more

Founders:

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Founders

George Pullman

George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. He is known as the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, and for violently suppressing striking workers in the company town he created, Pullman (which was later annexed and absorbed by Chicago,...

Revenue:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 391,000,000
  • 1955
  • 739,100,000
  • 1970
  • 399,900,000
  • 1960
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Net income:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 13,300,000
  • 1955
  • 19,800,000
  • 1970
  • 13,500,000
  • 1960
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