Vanguard Automotive Group

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Vanguard Car Rental Group Inc.
Type Private
IndustryCar rental
Headquarters Tulsa, Oklahoma
Key people
Greg Stubblefield (President)
Bill Lobeck (CEO)
Revenue$12.1 billion (2007)
Number of employees
12,600
Website vanguardcar.com

Vanguard Automotive Group was a vehicle rental company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

Vanguard purchased ANC Rental, owner of National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car. It had a fleet of nearly 300,000 vehicles, mainly from Ford and Chrysler, and operated in over 1,500 locations. [1] In 2007, Enterprise agreed to purchase a controlling share in the company from Cerberus Capital Management. [2] A sale to rival Enterprise Rent-A-Car was completed on August 1, 2007, making the combined Enterprise-Alamo-National the largest US car rental operation, ahead of The Hertz Corporation and Avis Budget Group.

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