Rand Araskog

**Rand Vincent Araskog** (31 ga Oktoba, 1931 - 9 ga Agusta, 2021) wani babban jami'in masana'antu ne na Amurka, mai saka hannun jari, kuma marubuci wanda shine Shugaba na ITT Corporation . A lokacin da yake matsayin Shugaba tsakanin 1979 da 1998, an san shi da karkatar da kamfanin kasuwanci da yawa, ciki har da otal-otal, motocin haya, da inshora don ci gaba da mai da hankali kan manyan kasuwancin sadarwa.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Rand Vincent Araskog a ranar 30 ga Oktoba, 1931, a Fergus Falls, Minnesota  a cikin iyali 'yan asalin Sweden.  Mahaifinsa mai karɓar haraji ne kuma manomi ne a garin.  An zaɓe shi a matsayin mai karɓar albashi a makarantarsa kuma ya tafi Kwalejin Soja ta Amurka da ke West Point  inda ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1953, yana da digiri a fannin nazarin Soviet .  Ya kammala karatunsa a Jami'ar Harvard yana da digiri a fannin nazarin Rashanci  kuma ya yi shekara guda a Yammacin Jamus yana aiki a wani ofishin leƙen asiri na Sojojin Amurka. 

## Sana'a
Araskog ya fara aikinsa yana aiki a Ma'aikatar Tsaro a Pentagon da Hukumar Tsaro ta Ƙasa daga inda aka tura shi aiki a Turai.  Bayan dawowarsa Amurka, ya bar Pentagon ya yi aiki a Honeywell a shekarar 1960 a matsayin darektan tallatawa a sashen jiragen sama. 

A shekarar 1966, ya shiga kamfanin ITT Corporation a cikin ƙungiyar tsaron sararin samaniya da ke Nutley, New Jersey .  Lokacin da ya shiga kamfanin, ya girma tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a shekarar 1920 a matsayin mai samar da sabis na sadarwa ga Cuba da Puerto Rico, har ya zama kamfani mai hulɗa da harkokin kasuwanci da suka haɗa da Avis Car Rentals, Hartford Insurance, Sheraton Hotels da Hostess Twinkies, kamfanin da ya ƙera Wonder Bread . A wannan lokacin, ya zama na hannun dama na shugaban kamfanin na wancan lokacin Harold Geneen . Kamfanin a wannan lokacin yana ƙarƙashin bincike kan ƙoƙarinsa na yin katsalandan a Washington, DC da kuma tsoma bakin siyasa na ƙasashen waje a siyasar Chile . Da wannan asalin, ya zama shugaban kamfanin a shekarar 1979 ya maye gurbin Lyman C. Hamilton. Ya kuma zama shugaban hukumar a wannan shekarar, inda ya maye gurbin Geneen.  

Shekarun farko na aikinsa ya gina kasuwancin sadarwa na ƙungiyar, ciki har da haɓaka ITT System 12, wani sabon musayar wayar tarho na zamani, kafin ya sayar da kasuwancin ga kamfanin mallakar gwamnati na Faransa Generale d'Electricite a shekarar 1986. Ya ci gaba da ɓatar da sauran lokacinsa a matsayin Shugaba wajen raba babban kamfanin yayin da masu zuba jari ke fafutukar mayar da hankali kan manyan kasuwancinsa. Ya yi nasarar cin gajiyar tayin kwace iko daga kamfanin Hilton Hotels amma ya amince ya sayar da kasuwancin otal ɗin ƙungiyar a ƙarƙashin alamar Sheraton ga Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. a shekarar 1997. Ya yi ritaya daga kamfanin a shekarar 1998.

An nada Araskog a matsayin Jami'i a Rundunar Girmamawa ta Faransa a shekarar 1987.  Shugaban Italiya ya kuma ba shi lambar yabo ta Jamhuriyar Italiya, sannan shugaban Chile ya ba shi lambar yabo ta Bernardo O'Higgins .  Jami'ar Hofstra ta ba shi lambar yabo ta digirin girmamawa ta wasiƙun ɗan adam a shekarar 1990. 

Daga baya ya yi aiki da kansa a matsayin mai saka hannun jari mai zaman kansa kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin babban jami'i a RVA Investments  da kuma a Hukumar Gudanarwa ta kamfanin talabijin na USB na Amurka Cablevision  da kuma Ƙungiyar Jama'a ta Palm Beach. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Araskog ya haɗu da matarsa Jessie Gustafson, lokacin da take karatun addini a Kwalejin Gustavus Adolphus . Ma'auratan sun yi aure a watan Yulin 1956 kuma suka haifi 'ya'ya uku, 'ya'ya mata biyu da ɗa ɗaya.  Ya mutu a ranar 9 ga Agusta, 2021, yana da shekaru 89 a Palm Beach, Florida. 

Shekaru da yawa, Araskog ya zauna tare da iyalinsa a cikin garin Smoke Rise mai ƙofar shiga, wanda ke Kinnelon, New Jersey, wani yanki na New York .   

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