Henry Crown (né Krinsky; June 13, 1896 – August 14, 1990) was an American industrialist and philanthropist.

Henry Crown and Company, of which he is the namesake, is an investment firm that owns or has interests in a variety of business assets.

[2] Crown (birth name: Henry Krinsky) was born in 1896 to Jewish immigrants from Lithuania.

He left the business to serve as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II.

[5] In 1959, Crown gained a controlling interest in General Dynamics and merged the company with MSC, which had $100 million in sales.