William F. Harrah William F. Harrah William Fisk Harrah (September 2, 1911 – June 30, 1978) was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos, now part of Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Harrah was born in South Pasadena, California, the son of an attorney and politician. From his early years, Harrah was a driven individual. When the car his father bought him was stolen and stripped he vowed to his sister that one day he would own a duplicate of every automobile the family had ever owned. Now, there is a William F. Harrah Automobile Museum in downtown Reno, Nevada. He
BYD Auto a year after its 2002 acquisition of the Norinco-owned Qinchuan Machinery Works, which may have been made solely to acquire the passenger car production license held by the purchased company. Qinchuan, who also used the Xian, Beifan, and Fuxing trade names, had already rented out their license to Beijing Zhonghua Automobile Industry Company for building their plastic-bodied QCJ7090 car. Qinchuan's best-known product is the QCJ7181 Flyer, which was later sold as the "BYD Flyer." While the Chinese state is credited with development of an indigenous auto industry, BYD Auto may have been created in the absence of a State policy