Rand Araskog split the old ITT Corp. into four independent companies as he entered the twilight of his tenure.

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Then in the 1980s and 1990s Rand Araskog unraveled its layers, and finally in 1995 he split ITT into three parts: a hotel and gaming business, an insurance business and a manufacturing group.

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