Morry Taylor

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Maurice "Morry" Taylor Jr. (born August 28, 1944) is the President and Chief executive officer of Titan International Inc.. Taylor, nicknamed "the Grizz" for his bear-like gruffness, started in tool and die manufacturing before purchasing Titan Wheel International from Firestone.

Taylor gained brief fame outside the business world when he made an unsuccessful run for the Republican nomination in the U.S. presidential election of 1996, a run chronicled in his book "Kill all the lawyers- and other ways to fix the government". He spent over $6 million, but received about 1% of the vote in all the primaries in which he ran.[1]

Taylor was the one of the subjects on the 19th episode of PRI's This American Life entitled "Rich Guys", originally aired in 1996.

[edit] References

  1. ^ POLITICS: A DEPARTURE;Morry Taylor, Tire Magnate, Stops His G.O.P. Campaign - New York Times
  • "Morry Taylor, Tire Magnate, Stops His G.O.P. Campaign", New York Times, 9 March 1996, pp. 8. 
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