Charles Bishop Weyland
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Notable facts
Founded Weyland Industries.

Charles Bishop Weyland was a billionaire industrialist and the founder and CEO[3] of Weyland Industries. In 2004, he organized an expedition to Bouvet\xf8ya, Antarctica to investigate an ancient Pyramid buried beneath the ice there. The Pyramid was discovered to be a Yautja temple and hunting ground where the Predators would breed Xenomorphs for use in their Hunts, and the expedition soon became caught up in the battle between the two species.

Biography
Early life
Weyland's mother passed away when he was just two years old, leaving him to be raised by his harsh father and a succession of nannies. At the age of just 21, he graduated from Harvard with an M.B.A., and following his father's death, he inherited the family's satellite mapping company. Under the young Weyland's supervision, the family business grew to be the largest satellite systems operation in the world within a decade. During this period of rapid growth, Weyland acquired numerous other telecommunications enterprises, including a Midwest cable franchise and a telecom grid based in Nevada.

Weyland on the cover of Scientific American, 2004.

Weyland's keen business sense also led him to diversify into other areas, and Weyland Industries began buying a string of hotels around the world, culminating with the construction of a casino complex in Las Vegas. The company also became involved in the development of cutting-edge robotics, nanotechnology and medical acoustics. In 2004, Weyland featured in an issue of Scientific American that labelled him the "pioneer of modern robotics", and he was considered the foremost financial supporter of cutting-edge scientific research in the world. Weyland's plans for pushing the boundaries of human endeavor did not stop there, however, and he intended to establish mankind's first lunar base in the Sea of Tranquillity within forty years.

Unfortunately, Weyland's huge business success was offset by personal misfortune when he was diagnosed with advanced bronchogenic carcinoma — lung cancer — and told that the affliction would be terminal. Owing to his status as the figurehead of Weyland Industries, Weyland concealed this illness from the public.


"Building better worlds."
―Company slogan Weyland-Yutani-

"Building better worlds"