Herbert Hill "Herb" Peyton (born June 1, 1932) is an American entrepreneur and founder of Gate Petroleum in Jacksonville, Florida. He bought his first gas station in 1960 and expanded throughout the decade, diversifying when gas became scarce during the Arab Oil embargo of the early 1970s. Although he denies guilt, he pleaded "no contest" to charges of gasoline price-fixing in the 1970s, paying $90,000 in fines.
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- Herbert Hill "Herb" Peyton (born June 1, 1932) is an American entrepreneur and founder of Gate Petroleum in Jacksonville, Florida. He bought his first gas station in 1960 and expanded throughout the decade, diversifying when gas became scarce during the Arab Oil embargo of the early 1970s. Although he denies guilt, he pleaded "no contest" to charges of gasoline price-fixing in the 1970s, paying $90,000 in fines. In 1997, he acknowledged owning 80% of Gate Petroleum, with the remaining 20% belonging to "the Brothers"; long-term employees who were instrumental in the company's growth, which had 2006 revenues of over U.S. $1.28 billion. In 2001, The Florida Times-Union reported that Peyton, "pushing 70, is a larger than life figure who competes in triathlons and does at least one 6-mile run every week, as well as a 1-mile swim far out beyond the surf line". Peyton has five children from three marriages; the oldest, John Peyton, is the mayor of Jacksonville. He attended the University of Florida, and was a member of the class of 1956. Herb Peyton has been a Trustee of the Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust since January 18, 1995. He also serves on the Nemours Foundation Board of Directors. Peyton was elected as a director of Florida East Coast Industries and St. Joe Company in December, 2000 and provided the benefit of his experience through 2004, when he retired from both boards. In 2006, Peyton made a $1 million gift to the Bolles School, the largest capital donation in school history. The money will be used to construct a facility for the school's Crew team, to be named the Peyton Boathouse. The Bolles boys and girls Crew teams have each won five state championships. In a January 9, 2009 interview in the Jacksonville Daily Record, Mayor John Peyton was asked about his plans for 2011 when his term ends. He responded: "I’m going back to Gate and rejoin the family business. I’m looking forward to that. I told dad (Herb Peyton) that he has saved a lot of money because he hasn’t had to pay me for eight years. I think my father is very eager to retire. He wasn’t excited about me running for a second term. If it had been his choice, I would have gone back sooner."
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- Herb Peyton at Gate River Run in 2008
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- John Stephen, Henry Hill, Jennifer Gaines, (Marcy: Forest, Sarah)
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- Herbert Hill "Herb" Peyton (born June 1, 1932) is an American entrepreneur and founder of Gate Petroleum in Jacksonville, Florida. He bought his first gas station in 1960 and expanded throughout the decade, diversifying when gas became scarce during the Arab Oil embargo of the early 1970s. Although he denies guilt, he pleaded "no contest" to charges of gasoline price-fixing in the 1970s, paying $90,000 in fines.
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