He ran Hilton Hotels until 1996. Barron was very successful. He established the Los Angeles Chargers and formed the Carte Blanche Credit Card Company. Marilyn Hilton died on March 12, 2004.
Barron Hilton founded several companies, including the Los Angeles Chargers of the American Football League, before succeeding his father – the legendary hotelier Conrad Hilton – as head of ...
The Chargers were born on August 14, 1959, when Barron Hilton, a 32-year-old hotel executive, was awarded a franchise for Los Angeles in the new American Football League. Even though they won the AFL ...