Carl G. Fisher

Carl G. Fisher's Death

Born (Birthday) January 12, 1874

Death Date July 15, 1939

Age of Death 65 years

Cause of Death N/A

Place of Death Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Profession Entrepreneur

The entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher died at the age of 65. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Serial entrepreneur who made numerous innovations in automobile technology as well as the roadways on which they traveled.

His small bicycle repair shop, opened at 15, led to his first major invention: the Prest-O-Lite acetylene headlights, which he sold to Union Carbide for $9 million.

He developed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the annual 500-mile race, and helped develop the Lincoln Highway, America’s first transcontinental road.