I could use some help, please. I would like to contact Howard Hitchcock, Lionel CEO. Does anyone have his contact information? In addition, does anyone know the name/contact of Lionel's parent company? Many thanks.
Al
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Guggenheim Capital Partners is Lionel's current owner and they can be reached at:
- Email: PR@GuggenheimPartners.com
- Go here for more contact info.
As for Howard Hitchcock's email, I'm not sure.
@Al Nevada posted:I could use some help, please. I would like to contact Howard Hitchcock, Lionel CEO. Does anyone have his contact information? In addition, does anyone know the name/contact of Lionel's parent company? Many thanks.
Al
Easy, post a letter to him at Lionel. John
I sent him a letter about 2 years ago, and he responded in short order. I sent it to Lionel's NC facility, address is on their website.
I still believe the written word on paper is worth something more than anything electronic.
NIKHIL, rattler21, Paul Kallus, and 4014rider, thank you all very much for your responses. I will contact him immediately.
Al
As several others have said, my experience tells me that the best way to contact a business leader is to write him/her through the actual mail, not email. Address your letter to Mr. Hitchcock directly at the company headquarters. Emails are not a good way to get your message in their hands.
Guggenheim has not owned Lionel in 4 years. One of the partners spun it off for himself.
While I generally agree with the preceding comments about real mail vs. email, remember that he may be working remotely like so many other people these days. If he's not going into the office, getting snail mail into his hands might not be a smooth process.
I work in an office, and haven't known of anyone to get an actual piece of mail in at least 10 years (other than junk). Even contracts are signed electronically.
I hope you are able to make contact with him.
Interesting, one of the links does not show Mr. Hitchcock as CEO. Does that mean there is no CEO for Lionel, there is a different CEO for Lionel, or that Mr. Hitchcock is also CEO?
Sr. Vice President / General Manager @ Lionel LLC
Vice-President Die-Cast @ Lionel NASCAR Collectables / Lionel Racing
Vice-President Diecast & Collectibles @ Motorsports Authentics
Paul
Having had 40 years of a profession in which I've had to contact CEOs, CFOs, and Chairman of the Boards, there is one and only way way to do it professionally, courteously, and with certainty that he/she will receive it and read it.
A formal letter, on nice heavy-weight stationary, mailed by regular mail.
Don't worry, executives working at home will have no problem getting mail that was delivered to their offices. They will have a runner bringing it out to the exec at least every other day. They are not going to let it sit there on a desk.
A message in a written letter is virtually permanent when it reaches a company. They can't ignore it and they don't throw it away. It gets filed.
Emails are ephemeral. An executive easily receives 30 or 40 a day. He flips through them rapidly, deleting most of them after he has read them. Sometime, he only reads the first line, judges its importance or not, and trash cans those which he deems unimportant.
A well written letter, with proper grammar and spelling, is far rarer these days. It in and of itself demonstrates care and importance.
Hope this info helps.
Mannyrock
I'm with Mannyrock, I've gotten much better response with a real paper letter than email for contacting someone in an executive position at a company. Email is great for tech support and other transitory communications, not for what is being discussed here.
I was told that the email I sent Howard made it to him. So while a paper letter is probably best, email did work for me.
@Railrunnin posted:Interesting, one of the links does not show Mr. Hitchcock as CEO. Does that mean there is no CEO for Lionel, there is a different CEO for Lionel, or that Mr. Hitchcock is also CEO?
Sr. Vice President / General Manager @ Lionel LLC
Vice-President Die-Cast @ Lionel NASCAR Collectables / Lionel Racing
Vice-President Diecast & Collectibles @ Motorsports AuthenticsPaul
Lionel did away with the title CEO when control passed from Jerry Calabrese to Howard Hitchcock. He's in charge, same if not more responsibilities, but without the title.
When Richard Maddox was with Lionel, there was no CEO then. His title was the president/COO of Lionel, he basically was on the top and in charge of the company. I believe the same scenario was in place for Bill Bracey.
@BMT-Express posted:Guggenheim has not owned Lionel in 4 years. One of the partners spun it off for himself.
Source?
I've had great luck several times contacting Mr. Hitchcock with well-written paper letters.
Give it a try.
