Age, Biography and Wiki
Douglas Leigh was born on 24 May, 1907 in Anniston, Alabama, USA, is an American advertising executive and designer (1907–1999). Discover Douglas Leigh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?
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92 years old |
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Gemini |
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24 May, 1907 |
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24 May |
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Anniston, Alabama, USA |
| Date of death |
14 December, 1999 |
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New York City, USA |
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United States
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Douglas Leigh Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Douglas Leigh Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Douglas Leigh worth at the age of 92 years old? Douglas Leigh’s income source is mostly from being a successful executive. He is from United States. We have estimated Douglas Leigh's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Douglas Leigh (May 24, 1907 – December 14, 1999) was an American advertising executive and lighting designer, and a pioneer in signage and outdoor advertising.
He is famous for making New York City's Times Square the site of some of the world's most famous neon signs, or electric billboards.
Leigh also designed the colored lighting scheme for the Empire State Building.
After financing his education at the University of Florida by buying the exclusive right to sell advertising for the yearbook, Leigh became a top salesman for a sign company in Birmingham.
In 1929, he moved to New York and got a job at the General Outdoor Advertising Company, but quit in 1933 to strike out on his own.
Leigh then designed a sign for the St. Moritz Hotel in exchange for the right to live there and to use the hotel's address at 50 Central Park South for his business.
From there, Leigh proceeded to transform the signs at Times Square.
His first eye-catching creation was a billboard for A&P, advertising the store's Eight O'Clock Coffee with clouds of steam emanating from a large cup of coffee.
A Camel billboard blew smoke rings from a steam generator, while one for Kool cigarettes featured a blinking penguin.
One for Ballantine Beer had clowns tossing quoits on a peg.
The Coca-Cola sign at Bryant Park gave an ever-changing weather forecast (featuring a house and pictures of sun, rain, snow, etc.) along with the slogan "Thirst knows no season" (Leigh paid a tenant's weekly laundry bills to stop her from hanging her laundry on her clothesline in front of the sign).
Leigh also lent his talents as a consultant for outdoor displays and spectaculars to Freedomland U.S.A., a New York City theme park, during its 1960 debut.
Leigh's design creation of a large illuminated snowflake, which was 17 feet wide by 14 feet tall and had 12,000 crystals, is hung at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street every holiday season.
Many of Leigh's creations have been replaced with newer signs, for which Leigh set the bar.
He is featured in the book, Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History (Theme Park Press, 2019).
