He also developed real estate and erected the famous Hollywood sign (which originally read "Hollywoodland")

https://www.forbes.com/profile/chandler/#45132b016038

Though the General loved attention, his son-in-law preferred anonymity. He, too, would use The Times to punish his enemies and pursue his financial interests, but he would remain behind the scenes. For more than 30 years, Harry Chandler would hold more power than anyone else in Los Angeles, more power, it's fair to say, than anyone else has ever held in the city's history. Newsweek once described him as the "Midas of California." In addition to his role in the Owens Valley affair, Harry Chandler was directly or indirectly involved with the creation of the Coliseum, Olvera Street, the Salton Sea, the Biltmore Hotel, Douglas Aircraft, Chinatown, the Hollywood Bowl, the Ambassador Hotel, Hollywoodland (and therefore the Hollywood sign), Caltech, the Auto Club of Southern California and Santa Anita Race Track. Ruthless and strait-laced, he assured the Chandler's family wealth for generations to come. When he died in 1944, he had accumulated more than 1.5 million acres, and The Times was one of the most profitable newspapers in the country.

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF CHANDLER

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jun/17/books/bk-11312