Our history of success, we're just getting started
1957: Jack Taylor opens Executive Leasing inside of a St. Louis car dealership with a fleet of seven cars.
1962: Jack listens to his customers and adds a rental car division with a fleet of 17 cars. Our first car sales location also opens.
1969: The Enterprise era begins. Jack Taylor renames Executive Leasing in honor of the USS Enterprise, the aircraft carrier he served on during World War II.
1974: Enterprise adopts the suggestion of an employee, and offers free rides to the rental office. The "We'll Pick You Up" tradition begins.
1991: Jack Taylor's son, Andy Taylor, is named Enterprise Rent-A-Car CEO.
1993: Enterprise global expansion begins with an office in Canada. Locations in the United Kingdom and Germany follow shortly after.
2007: Enterprise celebrates its 50th anniversary. Later that year, Alamo Rent A Car and National Car Rental become a part of our portfolio of brands. Two years later, we adopt the name Enterprise Holdings.
2010: Enterprise plants its 5-millionth tree as part of the 50 Million Tree Pledge, a partnership between Enterprise, the Arbor Day Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service.
2013: Pam Nicholson, who started as a Management Trainee, is promoted to CEO of Enterprise Holdings. Nicholson is the first non-Taylor family member to hold that title.
2017: Enterprise celebrates its 60th anniversary and in the same year hits the milestone of 100,000 employees worldwide.
2018: Enterprise opens its 10,000th location. Now, the Enterprise Holdings family of brands operates in more than 90 countries throughout the world.
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