Dutee Wilcox Flint (December 19, 1882 – March 31, 1961) was a Rhode Island state senator and business magnate in the Rhode Island and Connecticut area.
Business career
editFlint was primarily invested in the automobile industry, but also owned a number of radio stations, including current WPRO, and the Dutee W. Flint Oil Company.[1] By the beginning of the 1930s, however, he was not the owner of many of these assets; the Dutee W. Flint Oil Company was sold to Socony in 1929, and radio station WDWF (future WPRO) was sold to Cherry & Webb Broadcasting in 1931. Most importantly, and after the discontinuance of the Model T in 1927, was forced to sell his stock and Ford dealerships, along with most other assets he had in the Ford Motor Company.
References
edit- ^ "Bootleggers, used car dealers and The Great Gatsby – on the trail of Max Gerlach". Retrieved July 2, 2014.