H. Wayne Huizenga’s father once offered his boy the kind of sage advice many parents give their children:
“You can’t make money working for somebody else.”
Huizenga, unlike many, listened. And learned.
As a result, Huizenga, who died at age 80 in Fort Lauderdale, became the only entrepreneur ever to launch three Fortune 500 companies: Waste Management, Blockbuster Entertainment and AutoNation. His daughter Pamela Huizenga Alexander confirmed his death to the Sun Sentinel on Friday. Huizenga had been battling cancer.
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