Industrialists and entrepreneurs who built businesses on transport, from railways and elevators to car rental and tyres. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the person an industrialist, entrepreneur or businessman of transport industries. It excludes politicians and urban designers. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Leland Stanford
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Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824, June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York.
Elisha Otis (Wikipedia)
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Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811, April 8, 1861) was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company.
Alfred P. Sloan (Wikipedia)
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Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. ( SLOHN; May 23, 1875, February 17, 1966) was an American business executive in the automotive industry.
Harvey S. Firestone (Wikipedia)
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Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr. (December 20, 1868, February 7, 1938) was an American businessman, and the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires.
John D. Hertz (Wikipedia)
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John Daniel Hertz Sr. (April 10, 1879, October 8, 1961) was an American businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder, and philanthropist.
Charles Stewart Mott (Wikipedia)
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Charles Stewart Mott (June 2, 1875, February 18, 1973) was an American industrialist and businessman, philanthropist, a co-owner of General Motors, and the 50th and 55th mayor of Flint, Michigan.
Warren Avis (Wikipedia)
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Warren Edward Avis (August 4, 1915, April 24, 2007) was an American entrepreneur who founded Avis Car Rentals in 1946.
Emil Jellinek (Wikipedia)
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Emil Jellinek, known after 1903 as Emil Jellinek-Mercedes (6 April 1853-21 January 1918), was an automobile entrepreneur of the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG), responsible in 1900 for commissioning the first modern automobile, the Mercedes 35hp.
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