Pitt Hyde


Joseph Reeves Hyde III, known as Pitt Hyde, is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist in Memphis, Tennessee. He is best known for founding AutoZone as a spinoff of his family's grocery business, Malone and Hyde, in 1979. Hyde is also a part-owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Hyde graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in economics. He is a member of Presbyterian Church and studied in Presbyterian Day School and MUS
Together with his wife, Barbara Rosser Hyde, Pitt runs the Hyde Family Foundation which works for the betterment of Memphis through hands-on philanthropy.

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