As a boy, Hilton helped his father turn the family’s home into an inn for traveling salesmen. After serving in World War I, he began to buy hotels in Texas and soon graduated to such grand establishments as Chicago’s Palmer House and the Waldorf-Astoria of New York. By the late 1940s, Hilton’s company had expanded overseas. At the time of his death in 1979, Hilton controlled the world’s largest hotel company. What did Hilton’s mother tell him was the best investment he would ever make? Discuss
Source: The Free Dictionary