Henry Crown and Company
Privately held, multi-generational Chicago family investment office (Crown family); largest shareholder of General Dynamics via its Material Service Corp. lineage; participated in Forterra's $228M Series A (Dec 2021).
Henry Crown and Company traces its roots to Material Service Corporation (sand/gravel/building materials, founded 1919), which merged into General Dynamics in 1959, making the Crown family GD's largest shareholder (still ~10% today). The firm manages the family's wholly-owned operating companies, public/private equity, real estate, and investment-fund interests, including stakes in the Chicago Bulls, New York Yankees, Aspen Skiing Company, JPMorgan Chase, and Rockefeller Center.
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- Firm
- Henry Crown and Company
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
- Founded
- 1919
- AUM
- Not disclosed — private family office
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Henry Crown and Company firm/family history, General Dynamics stake, holdings
Wikipedia: Henry CrownReported2026-08-09 - 2
Robotic Research (now Forterra) announces $228 Million Series A funding round, names Henry Crown and Company as an investor
BusinessWire: Robotic Research Announces $228 Million Series A Funding Round to Scale Autonomous Technology CommerciallyVerified2021-12-08 - 3
Robotic Research raises $228M Series A
TechCrunch: Robotic Research raises $228M Series A to build out commercial autonomous offeringsVerified2021-12-08