Born on Christmas Day to humble roots in territorial New Mexico Conrad N. Hilton became an international business pioneer, living out the American Dream. Never losing his sense of responsibility for others, he left nearly his entire fortune to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation with a mandate to “relieve the suffering, the distressed and destitute” without regard to race, religion, or country. True to form, his gravestone inscription reads, Charity is a supreme virtue and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. Christmas is forever.” on the Foundation board.