Alexander owned and operated the Ben Alexander Ford car dealership in the Highland Park neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles, from around 1953 until his death in 1969, and a San Francisco branch was formed in 1959 [REF].
His son Nicholas Benton Alexander IV (or "Nick") started one of the first BMW dealerships in the U.S.(in downtown Los Angeles), currently operated by his son Nicholas Benton Alexander V [REF].