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The founder of AutoZone says Fred Smith shared his FedEx vision with him in Memphis when on leave from the Marines in the 1960s.
Pitt Hyde, Memphis philanthropist and founder of AutoZone, will be honored at the 2018 Freedom Award ceremony. The Live at the Garden 2025 lineup is here: ZZ Top, Darius Rucker and more set for ...
Autozone founder Pitt Hyde and his wife, Barbara, announced Thursday that they have committed to give another $5.2 million to the Memphis River Parks Partnership through the Hyde Family Foundation.
ATLANTA — In the 15 years since J.R. “Pitt” Hyde was diagnosed with prostate cancer, the founder of AutoZone has devoted the largest single portion of his billion-dollar fortune t… ...
Will Pitt Hyde’s successful prostate operation someday be mentioned in the same breath with Fred Smith’s Yale term paper as an icon of Memphis and American business history? At the least, Hyde ...
Pitt Hyde, founder of AutoZone Inc., was one of the featured panelists during the 2013 MMBCC Economic Development Forum. MBJ File Photo By Meagan Nichols – , Memphis Business Journal ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The 27th National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Awards honored Vice President Joe Biden, Reverend Jesse Jackson and Pitt Hyde in downtown Memphis.
A decade later, Pera is richer than Walton ever was. His company has soared and so has his net worth, to $15 billion and rising. The average NBA fan might know the richest owners in the league are ...