Hotchkiss Gould Investments
Hotchkiss Gould Investments is a company from the Dark of the Moon Portion of the Live-action continuity family.
Hotchkiss Gould Investments is the largest accounting firm in the United States and appears to be just your average company, hosting a vast collection of exotic cars, but conspiracy theorists have much to fear, as this company is secretly used to preserve the long-time secret the Moon holds on its surface. In fact, most of its members are also collaborators with the Decepticons.
Known employees
Fiction
Dark of the Moon film
In the 1960's, the founding company was in charge of budgeting review and accounting for NASA. After the discovery of the Ark was made on the Moon's surface, Soundwave and 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 inheritted 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 Autobots. Dylan would later provide the Decepticons with a building to serve as the Decepticon command centre in Chicago. There it housed the pillars that controlled the Space bridge. 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. Rising Storm #4
Notes
- Foreign dubbing for Dark of the Moon only identify the company as "Gould Investments".
- The company not only is in charge of accounting and budgeting review for NASA, it also owns the Jewelers' Building and at the very least, holds a lease to a lower penthouse inside Trump Tower.
