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Williams Heavy Industries was founded by Irastus Williams in 1854 with the motto, "We shall build our fortune on the backs of the poor". WHI prospered during the 19th century by driving the remaining Native Americans from their lands and harvesting the plant and animal species to make way for intensive aggregate and precious metal mining. Once these lands were exhausted, WHI used direct marketing to sell and finance these barren lands for farming to European immigrants. Many of these parcels were sold and resold several times using WHI's strategy of Marketing, Selling, Forclosure, and Repossession. |
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During the early 20th century, WHI expanded operations into development and production of explosives and chemical weapons, experiencing rapid growth during World War I. The strategy of selling poison gas to both sides of the conflict helped triple WHI's corporate assets from 1914 to 1918. Through our many multi-national subsidiaries, WHI was able to continue this profitable strategy through World War II and the Korean War.
The early 20th century was also a period during which the histories of many companies were marred by the ugliness of labor unrest. Very early on, WHI managed to avoid such unpleasantries by establishing relationships with labor organizers, often inviting them for extended vacations with the Williams family staying, at Cornelius Williams' insistance, for indefinite periods of time in the famously rustic accomodations in the basement of Black Cliff Manor. This renowned hospitality yeilded the fruitful labor relations that WHI enjoys to this day. |
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During the 1950's, WHI reinviented itself by going back to its roots. The WHI Chemical Weapons Divisions were sold to Halliburton and our corporate energies were focused back to the land. "Exploiting Tomorrow's Resources Today" became our new motto and the clarion call for a new era of WHI expansion. With the Baby Boomer Generation coming of age, WHI's tradition of resource extraction, land subdivision, and direct marketing once again fueled our highly profitable revenue streams. |
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As we move into the 21st century, WHI has embraced finance as means to further leverage our holdings. We have developed an array of creative predatory banking services and pioneered highly innovative investment techniques that allowed WHI to reap obscenely large profits in the derivatives market while consistantly passing the high risk of these precarious transactions on to the market at large. The ensuing economic crisis of 2008 has greatly benefited WHI by strengthening the value our precious metal reserves and mining operations and by enabling us to purchase a broad variety assets left severely under-valued by the market collapse thereby ensuring that this coming century will be even brighter for Williams Heavy Industries. |
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History
