1995 breakup In 1995, with Araskog still at the helm, ITT split into three separate public companies: ITT Corp. – In 1997, ITT Corp. completed a merger with Starwood, which wanted to acquire Sheraton Hotels and Resorts. Starwood sold ITT World Directories to VNU. ITT completely divested from ITT/ESI by 1999, but continued to license the ITT Technical Institute name to ESIWebpage at ITTESI.com until its demise in 2016. Also in 1999, ITT Corp. dropped the ITT name in favor of Starwood. ITT Hartford – Today, ITT Hartford is still a major insurance company, although it has dropped the ITT from its name altogether. The company is now known as The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. ITT Industries – ITT operated under this name until 2006 and is a major manufacturing and defense contractor business. On July 1, 2006, ITT Industries changed its name to ITT Corporation as a result of its shareholders vote on May 9, 2006.
1995 breakup in 1995 with araskog still at the helm itt split into three separate public companies itt corp – in 1997 itt corp completed a merger with starwood which wanted to acquire sheraton hotels and resorts starwood sold itt world directories to vnu itt completely divested from itt/esi by 1999 but continued to license the itt technical institute name to esiwebpage at ittesicom until its demise in 2016 also in 1999 itt corp dropped the itt name in favor of starwood itt hartford – today itt hartford is still a major insurance company although it has dropped the itt from its name altogether the company is now known as the hartford financial services group inc itt industries – itt operated under this name until 2006 and is a major manufacturing and defense contractor business on july 1 2006 itt industries changed its name to itt corporation as a result of its shareholders vote on may 9 2006