Visitation and funeral services are set this week for Detroit entrepreneur and philanthropist William Pickard, who died June 12 at the age of 83 at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla. Visitation is ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Entrepreneur William Pickard, who started his career as a McDonald's franchisee in Detroit, has died. He was 83 years old. Pickard died on Wednesday at his West Palm Beach, Florida, ...

Dr. William “Bill” Pickard – entrepreneur, philanthropist, education advocate, business titan, mentor, and visionary – passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 12, at his West Palm Beach, Fla. home, ...

The last time William “Doc” Pickard and I talked, about 18 months ago, he was starting work on a book about 100 Black entrepreneurs from 1850 to 1950 — people most of us never heard of who had made ...

We want to look back on the life of William Pickard, a giant in business and philanthropy and a strong believer in education. He passed away on June 12th. Billionaire Richard Branson mourns his wife ...

The visitation, funeral and a special event at the Charles H. Wright Museum has been scheduled for Dr. William F. Pickard. Pickard, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and Real Times Media and Michigan ...

William Pickard, the renowned Detroit entrepreneur known for founding GAA Manufacturing and his extensive philanthropy, died June 12. Renowned Detroit entrepreneur William Pickard, who started as a ...

DETROIT – Dr. William Pickard was known as a prominent Detroit business leader, becoming one of the city’s first Black franchise owners of a McDonald’s restaurant. He died earlier this month at the ...

William F. Pickard, Ph.D., is the chairman of Global Automotive Alliance, co-managing partner of MGM Grand Detroit Casino, CEO of Bearwood Management Company, and co-owner of five Black-owned ...

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