TKI president Al Diaz mourned.(Obituary)(president of Tire Kingdom International )(Obituary)

Tire Business, October, 2006 by Hockensmith, Lisa

Byline: Lisa Hockensmith

Al Diaz, president of Tire Kingdom International (TKI) Inc., died Sept. 26 following an illness, officials at Tire Kingdom Inc. said. Mr. Diaz was 59.

Mr. Diaz was born in Mexico City and moved to the U.S. with his mother when he was 8 years old. In high school he was involved with ROTC, which taught him leadership and discipline, his family wrote in his obituary.

Mr. Diaz started working in the tire business as a truck driver for the former Empco Industries in Glendale, Calif., in 1969. He worked his way up the chain and was named general manager of Empco and later vice president of national sales.

He joined Tire Kingdom in December 1992 as vice president of the wholesale division. In 2000 he was promoted...

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