Henry Earl Singleton

Henry Earl Singleton (1916–1999) was an American electrical engineer and business executive who co-founded Teledyne, Inc. in 1960 and served as its chairman and CEO for three decades. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to lightweight inertial navigation systems and his leadership in building a major technological corporation. He is widely recognized for his financial strategy of acquiring undervalued companies and executing large-scale stock buybacks, reducing Teledyne's outstanding shares by over eighty percent.