E. Bronson Ingram II (1931–1995) was an American billionaire heir and business executive.
Ingram joined the United States Navy as a naval officer, when he sailed to Panama on a destroyer until 1955, when he resigned.
[1][3][5] In particular, he managed the company-owned service stations and helped build truck stops where Ingram truckers could sleep, shower, or eat.
[1] In 1976, E. Bronson and his brother Frederic were indicted for bribing officials in Illinois for a "$48 million Chicago sewage contract".
[1][6] Frederic kept the Ingram Corporation, which consisted of oil refineries and pipeline system, headquartered in New Orleans.
[10] He served as the President of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce in 1987, and later as Vice-Chairman of the Tennessee Industrial and Agricultural Development Commission.
[1][2][3] E. Bronson Ingram held leadership positions in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in the late 1970s and the state Bicentennial Celebration of 1996.
[3] He was a member and former Chair of the PENCIL Foundation, a non-profit organization whose aim is to improve public education in Nashville.
[3] In 1958, E. Bronson Ingram met Martha Robinson Rivers in New York City, and they got married the same year.
[1][2] At the time of his death, he was Tennessee's only billionaire and 56th richest person in the United States.