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- NAME: Harvey Firestone
- OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur
- BIRTH DATE: December 20, 1868
- DEATH DATE: February 07, 1938
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Columbiana, Ohio
- PLACE OF DEATH: Miami Beach, Florida
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Harvey Firestone is best known for the development of automobile tire manufacturing company, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
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(born Dec. 20, 1868, Columbiana, Ohio, U.S.—died Feb. 7, 1938, Miami Beach, Fla.) U.S. industrialist. Firestone established a retail tire business in 1896 and in 1900 formed a company to sell rubber carriage tires. In 1904 his business began manufacturing automobile tires. Sales to Ford Motor Co. helped put Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. at the top of the U.S. tire industry. Firestone promoted the use of trucks for hauling freight and lobbied for the construction of vast highway systems. He ran his company until 1932, when his son replaced him. Firestone was purchased by Bridgestone Tire Co., a Japanese firm, in 1988.Copyright © 1994-2011 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. For more information visit Britannica.com
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