Norm Augustine (Martin Marietta → Lockheed Martin CEO; Coined 'Last Supper')
playerDefense & Military-Industrial · Darknet & Cyber
He sat in the room when the Pentagon told defense CEOs half of them wouldn't survive — then he ran the merger and came out on top.
Who they are
Norm Augustine, CEO of Martin Marietta and then merged Lockheed Martin.
What they do
The engine calls him the clearest named example of how the executive class survives its own supposed downsizing.
How it works
He led Martin Marietta (1987-1995), attended the July 21 1993 'Last Supper' dinner, and coined the term 'Last Supper' for it — the biblical framing capturing the Pentagon's blunt message that half the room's companies wouldn't survive the decade. He then executed the consolidation by taking Martin Marietta into the Lockheed merger in 1995 and became CEO of the merged company (1995-1997).
Why it matters
He personifies the engine's point that executives who 'lose' their companies in a consolidation simply reappear running the bigger merged entity — the operator class absorbing its own decapitation.
The engine's record — word for word
Report #87. CEO Martin Marietta 1987-1995 → CEO Lockheed Martin 1995-1997 (post-merger). Attended the **July 21 1993 Last Supper** as Martin Marietta CEO and **coined the term 'Last Supper'** for the dinner — the biblical framing reflecting Pentagon's explicit message that half the room would not survive the decade. Augustine then directly executed the post-Last Supper consolidation by taking Martin Marietta into the Lockheed merger 1995. **Engine framing:** Augustine is the most explicit named example of the operator-class compression: he was IN the room when the consolidation directive was issued, then he executed the directive against his own company, then he became CEO of the post-merger entity. The operator class metabolizes its own decapitation — the executives 'losing' their companies retain their positions as executives of the merged entities.
Follow the trail
Walk this on the live map →