Pike Corporation of America - 1960's dated Stock Certificate - Thomas P. Pike - Great History
Inv# GS1296 Stock
Vignette of the globe within the letter P. Available in Olive or Red. Please specify color. Printed Signature of Thomas P. Pike.
Thomas P. Pike (August 12, 1909 – July 30, 1993) was an industrialist who founded California's largest oil drilling contracting firm and was an advocate for those suffering from alcohol and drug addiction.
Pike was born in Los Angeles, California and received his bachelor's degree in 1931 from Stanford University, where he would later serve as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. In 1938 he formed the Thomas P. Pike Drilling Company which he headed until 1953 when he served as chairman of the Republican Finance Committee for the state of California. Shortly thereafter he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense and from 1957-1958 was a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. He also served as a Special Assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 and 1958. Pike also founded and directed the Alcoholism Council of Greater Los Angeles. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_P._Pike
A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.
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