Robert Mercer, Former Goodyear Tire CEO, Dies At 96

(AP) — Robert Mercer, who served as CEO of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and fought a takeover of the Akron-based firm in the 1980s, has died.
Mercer was 96 years old on Friday when he died, according to his son, Robert G. Mercer. He led the company from 1983 to 1989 and beat back an attempt by a financier to purchase the company to break it up.
Goodyear was the nation’s 34th largest company in 1986 when Sir James Goldsmith, who held more than 10% of the corporation’s stock, tri