Early Life
Fox was born in Tolcsva, Hungary. His parents Michael Fried and Anna Fuchs were both German Jews. In 1900, he started his own company which he sold in 1904 to purchase his first nickelodeon. In 1915, he started Fox Film Corporation.
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