1. Max Martin Fisher was an American businessman and philanthropist, and presidential advisor.
20 Facts About Max Fisher
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Max Fisher spent much of his life raising money for philanthropic endeavors.
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Max Fisher was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents and grew up in Salem, Ohio, where his father owned a clothing store.
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Max Fisher attended Ohio State University on a football scholarship and graduated with a degree in business administration in 1930.
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In 1930, Max Fisher joined his father's Keystone Oil Refining Company, a motor oil reclamation business, in Detroit as a $15-a-week salesman before forming his own company in 1932.
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Max Fisher grew the business, Aurora Gasoline, into one of the largest gas station chains in the Midwest before selling the business in 1959 to Marathon Petroleum for $40 million.
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For decades, Max Fisher served as a trusted advisor to US presidents and Israeli prime ministers, rallying for causes from the Six-Day War to Ethiopian Jewry.
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Max Fisher was a delegate from Michigan at the 1964,1968, and 1976 Republican National Conventions, and an alternate in the 1988 Republican National Convention.
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Max Fisher supported Jewish and general causes worldwide and played a major role in almost every major Jewish communal organization.
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Max Fisher served as national chairman of UJC's predecessor organizations, the United Jewish Appeal from 1965 to 1967; president of the Council of Jewish Federations from 1969 to 1972; and chairman of the United Israel Appeal, Inc from 1968 to 1971; and president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit from 1959 to 1964.
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Max Fisher served as Honorary Chairman of United Jewish Communities, Council of Jewish Federations, and the American Jewish Committee.
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Max Fisher was active in the American Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith International, and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
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Max Fisher donated around $20 million to finance Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business for development of a new six-building business campus that opened in 1998.
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Max Fisher is interred at the Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham, Michigan.
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In 2004, Max Fisher had amassed a net worth of $775 million.
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Max Fisher was the subject of articles, debates, TV documentaries, and an authorized biography, Quiet Diplomat by Peter Golden.
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Max Fisher's papers are available for public research at the Walter P Reuther Library in Detroit, Michigan.
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Four times has a member from Max Fisher AZA served as the President for all of Michigan Region BBYO; even though the chapter has only been around for 10 years, an International President has already hailed from Max Fisher.
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Max Fisher has won several awards, including the Henry Monsky award which recognizes the most outstanding chapters across the International Order.
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Recently, Max Fisher has received publicity for starting a Platform Database which hosts several hundred platforms of individuals' candidacy for office from around the world.