- Warren Avis
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name = Warren Avis
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birth_date =August 4 ,1915
birth_place =Bay City, Michigan ,United States
death_date =April 24 ,2007 (age age|1915|8|4|2007|4|24)
death_place =Ann Arbor, Michigan ,United States
occupation = Founder ofAvis Rent A Car System Inc. Warren Edward Avis (
August 4 ,1915 –April 24 ,2007 ) was an Americanentrepreneur who foundedAvis Rent A Car System Inc. in 1946.Born in
Bay City, Michigan , Avis graduated from Bay City Central High School in 1933, and served in theUnited States Army Air Force during theSecond World War . When he got out, he bought a stake in a Ford dealership and began his plan to rent cars at airports. He said that he got the idea when as a pilot he could not find ground transport at airports. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/24/america/NA-GEN-US-Obit-Avis.php Warren Avis, car rental pioneer, dies at 92] ]Avis opened Avis Rent A Car at
Willow Run Airport inYpsilanti, Michigan and atMiami International Airport in Florida. Patton, Naomi R. (April 25, 2007). Warren Avis: His idea led to airport rental car firms. "Detroit Free Press "] He sold the company in 1954 for $8 million.Avis would later head
Avis Enterprises which invested in high tech electronic companies. [ [http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/obituaries/display.var.1355554.0.0.php Warren Avis] ]He died at his home in
Ann Arbor, Michigan ofnatural causes . Barbaro, Michael (April 25, 2007). Warren E. Avis, 92, Founder of Car Rental Company, Dies. "New York Times "]References
External links
* [http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=178&type=inductees Warren E. Avis] via Automotive Hall of Fame
* [http://www.avis.com.ph/about_us.php Avis history]Persondata
NAME= Avis, Warren
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Founder ofAvis Rent A Car System Inc.
DATE OF BIRTH=August 4 ,1915
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bay City, Michigan ,United States
DATE OF DEATH=April 24 ,2007
PLACE OF DEATH=Ann Arbor, Michigan ,United States
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