Jack C. Taylor
Jack Crawford Taylor (born April 14, 1922 , † July 2, 2016 in St. Louis ) was an American multi-billionaire who earned his living by renting a car . In 2013, he was ranked 94th on the Forbes list of the richest people in the world. His family's fortune is estimated at approximately $ 11 billion.
Life
After leaving Washington University in St. Louis , he became a fighter pilot on a Grumman F6F in World War II ; he started aboard the USS Essex and the USS Enterprise and received twice the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal . After the war, he returned to St. Louis and founded a delivery company, which he gave up in 1948 to become a Cadillac agent. In 1957 he founded a car rental company in St. Louis and in 1969 expanded the business beyond St. Louis. At the same time he renamed the company Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 1969 , after the aircraft carrier on which he had served during his military service. In the beginning he mainly rented cars to customers while their cars were in the workshop. Business was booming in the 1970s. His son Andrew C. Taylor started working with his father "as soon as he could drive".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jack Crawford Taylor: United States Public Records, 1970-2009 . familysearch. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ Jack Taylor, founder of Enterprise Holdings and leading philanthropist, dies at 94 on stltoday.com, July 3, 2016, accessed July 5, 2016
- ↑ Portrait on http://mohistory.umsl.edu , accessed on July 5, 2016 (.pdf)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taylor, Jack C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, Jack Crawford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entrepreneur and multi-billionaire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1922 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 2016 |
| Place of death | St. Louis |