For other persons named Jack Taylor, see Jack Taylor (disambiguation).
Jack Crawford Taylor (born 1923) is an American businessman and the founder of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. With an estimated current[update] net worth of around $9.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 18th-richest American and the 40th-richest person in the world.[1][2]
Taylor enrolled in Washington University's business school in 1940.[3] During WWII, he piloted an F6F Hellcat fighter from the decks of the USS Essex and the USS Enterprise.[3]
Philanthropic Gifts
- $40 million challenge gift to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- $30 million gift to the Missouri Botanical Garden to fund global plant research (largest ever gift given to a U.S. botanical garden)
- $25 million to establish the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Scholars Program at Washington University in St. Louis to support scholarships for minority and financially disadvantaged students
- $1 million gift to Ranken Technical College located in St. Louis, MO JUJU
External links
- Forbes.com: Forbes 400 Richest Americans (2006)
- Fortune.com: How father & son built a company known for excellent customer service
- Washington University in St. Louis Magazine: A Man on a Mission
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