James David Energy III
James David Energy III, founding father of automotive information analytics and shopper intelligence firm J.D. Energy, died on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. He was 89.
Energy established J.D. Energy from his residence in Calabasas, Calif. on April 1, 1968, which he co-founded along with his spouse, Julie. The corporate was later integrated on Feb. 7, 1969., in the identical 12 months J.D. Energy additionally entered the auto market with its first shopper, Toyota, based on the corporate.
The corporate grew in prominence in 1973 when the Wall Road Journal reported on a design flaw within the rotary engines for sure Mazda autos that was primarily based on information from one of many first J.D. Energy independently funded surveys, based on the corporate. The agency gained nationwide prominence for its Voice of the Buyer information.
Previous to the creation of J.D. Energy, he labored at Ford as a monetary analyst and was later a advertising analysis guide for Normal Motors’ Buick and GMC truck and coach divisions, based on Market Watch.
Later in 2005, McGraw Hill Monetary bought the corporate from Energy. He was later inducted into Automotive Corridor of Fame in 2014.
Energy was born on Could 30, 1931, in Worcester, Mass., and he earned an MBA on the College of Pennsylvania in 1959.
