Editing ITT Inc. (section)

=== 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 Hotels and Resorts|Starwood]], which wanted to acquire [[Sheraton Hotels and Resorts]]. Starwood sold ITT World Directories to [[Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen|VNU]].<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| title = Company News; Starwood Lodging in $2.1 Billion Deal with Vnu| work = The New York Times| access-date = 2018-05-29| date = 1997-12-19| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/19/business/company-news-starwood-lodging-in-2.1-billion-deal-with-vnu.html}}</ref> ITT completely divested from ITT/ESI by 1999, but continued to license the [[ITT Technical Institute]] name to ESI<ref>[http://www.ittesi.com/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=ESI&script=1801 Webpage] at ITTESI.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022125653/http://www.ittesi.com/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=ESI&script=1801 |date=October 22, 2006 }}</ref> until its demise in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://gizmodo.com/itt-is-officially-closing-1786243058 | first = Michael | last = Nunez | title = ITT Tech Is Officially Closing | newspaper = [[Gizmodo]] | date = September 6, 2016 | access-date = September 6, 2016 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160906125752/http://gizmodo.com/itt-is-officially-closing-1786243058 | archive-date = September 6, 2016 }}</ref> Also in 1999, ITT Corp. dropped the ITT name in favor of [[Starwood Hotels and Resorts|Starwood]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0166.html|title=WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2001-0166|first=Arbitration and Mediation|last=Center|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010610031407/http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0166.html|archive-date=2001-06-10}}</ref>
* '''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|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.