see enterprise products . enterprise holdings inc. logo type private holding company industry car rental founded february 1957 ; 59 years ago 1957 02 as executive leasing founder jack taylor headquarters clayton missouri u.s. key people andrew c. taylor executive chairman donald a ross vice chairman pamela nicholson president & ceo revenue 19.4 billion 2015 number of employees 93 000 2015 website enterpriseholdings.com enterprise holdings inc. is an american holding company headquartered in clayton missouri . it is the parent company of car rental companies enterprise rent a car national car rental alamo rent a car and enterprise carshare . the holding company was formed in 2009 as a result of enterprise rent a car s 2007 acquisition of vanguard automotive group the parent company of national car rental and alamo rent a car . enterprise ranks as the largest car rental company in the united states . 1 the company sells its used cars through enterprise car sales . it is owned by the taylor family 2 contents 1 history 1.1 mergers and acquisitions 1.2 enterprise carshare 1.3 onramp concierge 2 external links 3 references history edit established in 1957 as executive leasing the company was renamed enterprise in 1969 in memory of the wwii aircraft carrier uss enterprise cv 6 on which the founder jack taylor served . 3 the company was restructured in 2009 to become a holding company of enterprise rent a car and its 2007 acquisitions of alamo and national . mergers and acquisitions edit a planned acquisition of citer sa was announced in november 2011 ; this includes the acquisition of subsidiary atesa . 4 this acquisition would add 30 000 vehicles to the company s fleet and provide entry into the french and spanish markets . 4 phillycarshare a for profit car sharing organization in philadelphia pennsylvania was acquired by enterprise in 2011 5 and was renamed enterprise carshare in 2014 . enterprise acquired further car share companies including mint cars on demand in 2012 new york city and boston i go in 2013 chicago and in 2014 occasional car in denver and autoshare in toronto on . enterprise acquired zimride ride matching business on july 10 2013 . terms of the sale were not released . 6 enterprise carshare edit in 2008 enterprise piloted its first on campus carsharing program at washington university in st. louis . 7 the program called wecar was introduced at university of south florida in july 2009 . 7 as of september 2012 update wecar has 100 carsharing programs in more than 30 american states and canada and the service offers almost 100 electric cars and plug in hybrids including the nissan leaf and the chevrolet volt . 8 by september 2013 wecar was rebranded as enterprise carshare . 9 onramp concierge edit in 2012 enterprise launched a mobile concierge website accessible by scanning a qr code for smart phones . known as onramp concierge the service is accessed by customers scanning the code printed on a sticker placed on the driver s side window of the vehicle ; the codes were made available to nearly all vehicles in enterprise rent a car alamo rent a car and national car rental following a 20 000 vehicle pilot program started in 2011 . 10 the application once scanned gives users information about their rental vehicle s make and model company offers and nearby resources such as gas stations or restaurants . enterprise launched the application in an effort to raise vehicle awareness and generate sales for its auto manufacturing partners . 11 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to enterprise holdings . official website references edit largest car rental companies https www.enterpriseholdings.com about us leadership chronology key milestones pdf . enterprise holdings . october 2014 . retrieved 23 december 2014 . a b volkman kelsey 21 nov 2011 enterprise to buy citer enter france and spain st. louis business journal bizjournals.com retrieved 21 dec 2011 nusca andrew . enterprise acquires phillycarshare . smart takes . smart planet . retrieved 4 june 2012 . enterprise acquires zimride ride matching business . st. louis post dispatch . july 12 2013 . a b usf joins enterprise wecar sharing program . tampa bay business journal . july 23 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 17 . jim motavalli 2012 09 21 . in greenville s.c. the first shoots of an e.v. ecosystem . the new york times . retrieved 2012 09 25 . enterprise carshare rebranding enterprise launches qr codes and onramp concierge mobile site . auto rental news . october 25 2012 . retrieved august 19 2015 . tode chantal october 31 2012 . enterprise expands qr code program to more vehicles adds travel content . mobile commerce daily . retrieved august 19 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title enterprise holdings & oldid 741263294 categories 1957 establishments in missouricompanies based in st. louis county missouriprivately held companies in the united statescompanies established in 1957holding companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in missourienterprise holdingshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from september 2012all articles containing potentially dated statementscommons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 11 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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