Joseph Reeves Hyde III (born 1942), known as Pitt Hyde,[1][2] 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.
[3] Hyde graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in economics.
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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