Background
Hertz, John Daniel was born on April 10, 1879 in Ruttka, Austria (now Czechoslovakia). Son of Jacob and Katie (Schlessinger) Hertz.
Hertz, John Daniel was born on April 10, 1879 in Ruttka, Austria (now Czechoslovakia). Son of Jacob and Katie (Schlessinger) Hertz.
Educational public schools.
Reporter Chicago Record. Founder Yellow Cab Company, Chicago, 1915, Chicago Motor Coach Company, 1922, Peoples Motorbus Company, Saint Louis, 1923, also of the Hertz Drive-Ur-Self Corporation, 1924. Formed Omnibus Corporation of America by merger of Fifth Avenue Coach Company and Chicago Motor Coach Company, 1924.
Effected merger Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company and General Motors Truck Division.
Partner Lehman Brothers, Investment Bankers, New York City. Director Paramount Pictures Corporation Advisory Secretary War board of transport reorganization World War I.
Member staff Undersec. of War Robert P. Patterson as advisory on wheeled vehicles, World World World War World War II Director Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. Trustee Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Member staff Undersec. of War Robert P. Patterson as advisory on wheeled vehicles, World World World War World War II Member California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (director). Clubs: Recess.
Married Frances Kesner, July 15, 1903. Children: Leona H. (Mistress J. M. Saks), John Doctorate., Helen (Mistress Paul L. Hexter).