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Bruce Halle

Entrepreneur

Birthday May 27, 1930

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Springfield, MA

DEATH DATE Jan 4, 2018 (87)

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About

Rose to fame as the Chairman of the Board and founder of Discount Tire.

Before Fame

He opened a tire shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1960.

Trivia

As a philanthropist, he has donated generously to the American Cancer Society, the Arizona Boys and Girls Club, and Arizona State University.

Family Life

He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and spent much of his professional career in Paradise Valley, Arizona. He married and had four children.

Associated With

Worth an estimated $4 billion, he became the 255th richest person in the world in 2014, 254 spaces behind Bill Gates, who at the time was worth $6.4 trillion.