Chris-Craft Industries, Inc., formerly National Automotive Fibers, Inc., was a publicly held American corporation traded on the New York and Pacific Stock Exchanges. It later took on the name of one of its acquisitions,
Chris-Craft Boats. This forebear was founded in the late 19th century by
Christopher Columbus Smith, and became famous for
mahogany hulled powerboats in the 1920s through the 1950s.