Aviation business established
Ira A. Eichner built the business around demand in the aviation market.
Aviation services · AIR
AAR
AAR’s business grew from an aviation-parts enterprise into a listed company. The issuer documents its initial public offering, but not a conventional venture-funding ladder.
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THE STORY & THE EVIDENCE
AAR: before the public market.
AAR’s business grew from an aviation-parts enterprise into a listed company. The issuer documents its initial public offering, but not a conventional venture-funding ladder.
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- Formation
- Historical private period
Privately held growth
The corporate timeline describes business development; it does not provide priced Series A, B or C transactions.
- Historical IPO
Initial public offering
$1 million reported$10 original public offering price
The company reports a $10 over-the-counter offering price and $1 million raised. No private-round share price is inferred.
What the records do not establish
- The issuer history does not disclose pre-IPO preferred rounds, investor allocations or a complete historical conversion chain.
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- Subsequent splits and distributions are not reviewed for an automatic IPO-to-current calculation.
Research reviewed 2026-09-24. Selected public records, not a complete private cap table. An undisclosed price is left unknown.
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AAR corporate timeline ↗
1955 formation; 1967 public offering at $10, raising $1 million.
AAR 70-year anniversary ↗
Founder Ira A. Eichner and the company’s 1955 origins.