Background
As a young man, he worked alongside his father and grandmother as a delivery boy in the family business.
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Charles Frias
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He graduated from Breckenridge High School and then joined the Navy.
Career
Having learned about taxicabs from working as a driver, in 1962 he bought American Broadcasting Company Union Cab Company, the first of several he would eventually own. Upon arriving in Las Vegas, Charlie took a job as a taxicab driver with American Broadcasting Company Union Cab Company. He worked diligently for this company that he would come to own by 1962.
Charlie quickly acquired three more cab companies and opened the first taxicab service in Mesquite, Nevada, the Virgin Valley Cab Company.
He later went on to further expand into the limousine business by adding Airline Limousine and Las Vegas Limousine to his holdings. At the time of his death in 2006, Charlie had enjoyed over 40 years of success in the transportation field as well as other business activities.
A fire station in Las Vegas also bears his name. He is well respected by citizens who are active in public service and are aware of his humanitarianism and philanthropic contributions to numerous groups and organizations throughout Southern Nevada.
Charles and Phyllis Frias have made it possible for many children to attend college through educational scholarships.
They established the Phyllis Frias Environmental Studies Scholarship at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. After his death, Frias was honored in the Congressional Record by Nevada State Senator Harry Reid.
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October 24, 2006 (aged 84) -
Nationality
American