Theodore Astor
Theodore Astor | |
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File:Theoastor.png Astor in 1945 | |
| Born |
July, 1906 Blue River |
| Died |
15 November, 1946 |
| Cause of death | Homicide |
| Resting place | Raleigh Creeper Memorial Cemetary |
| Other names | Theo |
| Known for | Founding Astor Enterprises |
| Title | CEO of Astor Enterprises |
| Term | 1938-1946 |
| Successor | Webster Astor |
| Political party | Federalist Party of Creeperville |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Polk (m. 1926) |
| Children | Webster Astor |
| Parents |
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| Family | Astor Family |
Theodore Astor (July, 1906 – 15 November, 1946) was a business magnate and founder and CEO of Astor Enterprises from its founding until his Murder in 1946 by his former business partner, William Callahan.
Biography
Born Theodore Bo Astor in 1906, he was the son of Norwegian Immigrant Frida Nilsen and American Farmhand Reginald Astor. He had two brothers, Harold and Alfred. Theodore grew up on a farm outside of the small town of Blue River. His youngest brother Alfred Caught a Severe cold at the age of 2 and died when Theo was 7. His father Reginald was an alcoholic and possibly bi-polar causing him to act out at times. His father once chased Theodore with an axe to a shed and nearly killed him. In one incident the 8 year old Harold shot his father in the stomach after Reginald had beaten His mother with a Piece of Spiked wood. Reginald died and Harold was not charged with Manslaughter because no evidence could prove he had done it. Frida and her two sons then moved to Creeperville and bought a farm on the north side along the Gilligan River when Theo was 12. Theodore began a small tailoring business with his brother when he was 15 and began making clothes and other types of apparel. Theo began to make profit and a lot of money because he had basically been the only major tailoring business within Creeperville at the time and soon Theodore used his earnings to purchase a plot of land in eastern Creeperville and began a fishing business where he earned even more money. In 1925 he had his first son Webster Astor with a woman who had been dating Theodore. After the Birth the Woman ran off and Theo gained custody of the child. Sadly in 1929, Theo's mother passed away due to unknown circumstances and Soon later his brother moved away and left the business. Theodore was on his own and decided to go to school to earn a degree and due to his determination and hard work he got a college degree in economics and finance. While in college he met William Callahan and they eventually became very close friends. He also met his soon to be wife Mary Ann Polk. Him and Callahan Soon expanded their business but later after the Creeperville fish crisis he and Callahan reentered the clothing business and then dipped their feet into real estate. Soon they're Real estate business got much larger as land in Creeperville gained value. Both businesses grew and by 1940 Astor Enterprises had evolved to the most prominent business in all of Creeperville and beyond. Though with this Theo Began to get quite greedy began meddling within the company and planned to boot Callahan from the company and he knew this. In turn conflict arose within the company and Theo had been intentionally hiding going behind his back and forcibly pushing Callahan's control of the Company Towards the Fashion and Clothing division. At one point had been so hidden from company documents that almost no employees knew who he was. Theo eventually in a tyrannical fashion replaced the board directors with Theodore’s friends and loyal employees without William knowing. This was an attempt to take Callahan's profits From the company and eventually in 1943 Theodore appealed to the board of directors claiming that William had disappeared from company completely. The appeal was a success and to no one's surprise Callahan was not informed and instead he got a letter in the mail informing him that he had been terminated from the company. William sued Theo and the Board claiming that the appeal was illegal and that the board had been replaced Illegally though Callahan lost the case but sued Again claiming that he had complete involvement within the clothing side of the business and that he was entirely part of Astor Enterprises. The suit won and Callahan was awarded the entire part of the Clothing company which was renamed to Callahan and Co., Callahan started fresh and did well too but Theodore had begun investing too and Astor Enterprises had made millions of dollars. In a last attempt to spite Callahan, Theodore boycotted Callahan's business and did everything in his power to destroy it. In the end it worked and Callahan and Co. went bankrupt and Theo and Astor Enterprises continued to make Millions. Callahan's wife and kids left him as he fell into poverty and had began to use hard drugs. In 1946 Callahan was at a bar where supposedly another drunk man encouraged Callahan to kill Theo and gave him a gun. That night Willy Callahan broke into the Astorbrook manor and snuck into Theo’s house and Killed him and his Wife. After that he decapitated Theo and took his head with him where he went into hiding and hid near a forest where he inevitably killed himself. After this Theodore's oldest son took full ownership of the Company and after this Astor Enterprises only got larger.