Hotchkiss Gould Investments
- Hotchkiss Gould Investments is a company from the live-action film 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 an old secret the Moon holds on its surface. In fact, the company's CEO is in league with evil aliens!
Known employees
Fiction
Dark of the Moon film
In the 1960s, 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 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 Autobots. Later when the Autobots where exiled, Dylan later shut it down and provided the Decepticons with a building owned by the company to serve as their command center in Chicago. There, they 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. Rising Storm #4
Notes
- Foreign dubbing for Dark of the Moon only identify the company as "Gould Investments".
- The 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, GM's own private museum of vintage cars.
