Businessman chairman executive founder treasurer
Doctor Robert Crants was born on November 17, 1944 in Salamanca, New New York His mother gave him the first name of "Doctor", but he has not generally used it as an adult. He is one quarter Seneca from his maternal side, and he grew up on a Seneca reservation in New New York
He was educated at Lansing Central High School. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, where he was Thomas West. Beasley"s roommate.
He served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 1999. He served in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He received a masters in business administration and a law degree from the Harvard Business School in 1974.
Crants served as Chief Financial Officer of a real estate company in Nashville, Tennessee.
Later, he founded Broadcast Management Services, and established several television stations. In 1983, he co-founded Corrections Corporation of America with his former roommate, Tom Beasley, by then a leader in the Republican Party in Tennessee, and T. Don Hutto, creating a private prison management company.
He served as its treasurer. By 1987, Crants became its President.
He served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 1999.
As of 2015, it is the largest prison management company in the nation. Crants serves as its Chief Executive Officer, while Joseph South. Johnson serves as President.
