[1] In 1941, after the United States entered World War II, he joined the Navy[1] where he worked in ship construction.
Glazer Steel fabricated bridges and other structures for Kaiser Aluminum, the government of France, and other customers around the world.
[3][5] While still the Chairman of Glazer Steel Corporation, Guilford entered the real estate development business in Knoxville.
[3][5] His entry into the real estate development business occurred in 1951, when the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission selected a company headed by Glazer to build a shopping center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
[6] In 1960, Glazer moved to the Los Angeles metropolitan area, where in the 1970s he developed the Del Amo Fashion Center, which was at one time the world's largest shopping mall.
His name appeared regularly on the Forbes magazine "List of 400 Richest Americans"; in 2005 his net worth was estimated at $900 million.