Charles T. Hinde
Industrialist
Died when: 82 years 213 days (990 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Charles T.Hinde (July 12, 1832 – March 10, 1915) was an American industrialist, tycoon, riverboat captain, businessman, and entrepreneur.He managed many businesses and invested in numerous business ventures over the course of his life.
Hinde served in executive leadership positions in the river navigation, shipping, railroad, and hotel businesses.By his late forties, Hinde had already amassed a great fortune from his work in the steamboat and railroad industries.
In the late 1880s Hinde was invited to San Diego by his close friend E.S.Babcock to invest in and run several businesses, including the Hotel del Coronado and the Spreckels Brothers Commercial Company with John D.
Spreckels.Hinde vastly increased his personal fortune during his time in southern California, and he helped spur the economy of the region.
Towards the end of his life he donated much of his wealth to further various projects in the Californian city of Coronado and its surrounding area, some dedicated to the memory of his daughter Camilla, who died in Evansville, Indiana, at the age of 13.
