Jack C. Taylor

Jack C. Taylor

Jack Crawford Taylor (born 1923) is an American businessman and the founder of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. With an estimated current net worth of around $14.0 billion, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 19th-richest American and the 37th-richest person in the world. [ [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/54/richlist07_The-400-Richest-Americans_Rank.html"Forbes," Richest Americans] ] [ [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_The-Worlds-Billionaires_Rank_2.html"Forbes," The World's Billionaires'] ] During WWII, he piloted an F6F Hellcat fighter from the decks of the USS Essex and the USS Enterprise. [ [http://magazine.wustl.edu/Summer03/mywashington.html"My Washington 2003," A Man on a Mission] ]

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 to support scholarships for minority and financially disadvantaged students
*$1 million gift to Ranken Technical College located in St. Louis, MO

External links

* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Jack-Crawford-Taylor-family_Q8FL.html Forbes.com: Forbes 400 Richest Americans (2006)]

* [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/09/01/8184670/index.htm Fortune.com: How father & son built a company known for excellent customer service]

* [http://magazine.wustl.edu/Summer03/mywashington.html Washington University in St. Louis Magazine: A Man on a Mission]

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