Editing Hotchkiss Gould Investments

[[File:Hotchkiss-Gould-Investments exterior.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|"I'm telling you, man, it's totally a spaceship!"]]

'''Hotchkiss Gould Investments''' is the largest accounting firm in the [[United States of America|United States]] and appears to be just your average company, hosting a vast collection of exotic cars. But [[Fassbinder|conspiracy theorists]] have much to fear, as this company is secretly used to preserve an old [[Ark (DOTM)|secret]] the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] holds on its surface. In fact, the company's CEO is in league with [[Decepticon|evil aliens]]!  

==Known employees==
*[[Dylan Gould]] (CEO)
*[[Dylan Gould's assistant]]
*[[Carly Spencer]]

==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
[[File:Hotchkiss-Gould-Investments garage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"Like, there's no way someone can own that many cars, man! It's proof!"]]
In the 1960s, the founding company was in charge of budgeting review and accounting for [[NASA]]. After the discovery of the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] was made on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]'s surface, [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] approached [[Gould]] and offered him any amount of money he desired as long as he cooperated in shutting down any future missions to the Moon. With the aid of Soundwave, Gould became rich and was able to build an empire from his company. After Gould had passed away, his son, [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]] inherited the company and its "clients", continuing to aid the Decepticons in anything they needed his assistance in.

In [[2012]], Dylan used his company and his board position at [[Accuretta Systems]] to bring [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Carly Spencer]] closer into the fold, to provide the Decepticons with a spy close to the [[Autobot]]s. Dylan would later provide the Decepticons with [[35 East Wacker|a building]] to serve as the Decepticon command center in [[Chicago]]. There, the Decepticons housed the [[Pillar]]s that controlled the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===IDW movie comics===
Dylan poached  Carly to serve as his personal assistant and help him organize his car collection. According to her, fighting robots was kids' stuff compared to working for him. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

==Notes==
*Foreign dubbing for ''Dark of the Moon'' only identify the company as "Gould Investments".
*The {{w|Milwaukee Art Museum}} is used as the firm's headquarters in the ''Dark of the Moon'' film.
*The garage scene inside Hotchkiss Gould Investments was filmed inside General Motors Heritage Center, [[General Motors|GM]]'s own private museum of vintage cars.

==External Links==
*[https://mam.org/ Milwaukee Art Museum website]
*[https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/ General Motors Heritage Center website]

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[[Category:Dark of the Moon]]