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In fact, he was offered a rookie test at Indianapolis but turned it down for business reasons. Interestingly enough, although Penske competed in two Formula One Grand Prix, and won a NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model race at Riverside in 1963, he never ran the Indy 500. He subsequently began his now famous Penske Racing in 1965 as well.

#Roger penske automotive driver

Penske made his first professional racing start at the now-abandoned Marlboro Motor Raceway in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.īy 1960, he was a well known race car driver ( Sports Illustrated SCCA Driver of the Year), winning prestigious races until 1965, when he retired as a driver, to concentrate on his first Cadillac* dealership in Philadelphia, PA. Starting in 1958, Penske purchased, raced and sold race cars, and was very successful both financially and on the track. and Greg are sons from 1st marriage to Lisa.) Roger Penske has five children with wife Kathy: Roger Penske Jr, Gregory Penske, Blair Penske, Mark Penske, and Jay Penske.

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Thompson received his MBA from Harvard’s Graduate School of Business and holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Pendrell Corporation. Thompson previously served as Executive Vice President of MCI Communications Corporation from 1981 to 1990, and prior to MCI, was a management consultant with the Washington, DC offices of McKinsey & Company for nine years, where he specialized in the management of telecommunications. Thompson became Vice Chairman of the board for Qwest until his resignation in December 1998. Thompson was Chairman and CEO of LCI International from 1991 until its merger with Qwest Communications International Inc. from March 1999 through September of 2000. Thompson was Chairman of Comsat International and also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global TeleSystems Group, Inc. Thompson was Executive Chairman of GTT Communications, Inc., a leading global cloud network provider to multinational clients, from October 2006 to January 2022. Thompson has served as a director since March 2002 and is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of his private equity investment and advisory firm, Universal Telecommunications, Inc. Pierce was appointed to Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees by Michigan Governor Whitmer. Pierce is also Board Chair of ITC Holdings, which was previously a public company in the past five years. Pierce is a director of American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., and has performed leadership duties with numerous civic organizations. Pierce served as Regional Executive of Midwest Retail Operations for JPMorgan Chase, with responsibilities for Michigan and Indiana, and she held a number of management positions in the retail, commercial lending, and private banking businesses at JPMorgan Chase and its predecessor companies, Bank One, First Chicago NBD Corp.

where she had responsibilities for commercial banking and all state bank activities in Michigan as well as oversight of all state activities in Illinois and Ohio. Pierce served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Charter One Bank Michigan, a division of RBS Citizens, N.A.

Pierce served as Vice Chairman of FirstMerit Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of FirstMerit Michigan. From February 1, 2013, until their August 2016 merger with Huntington, Ms. Pierce has led the Private Bank, Insurance Agency, Auto, Marine and RV businesses as well as state activities in Michigan. Pierce has been Huntington Bank’s Senior Executive Vice President, Private Bank and Regional Banking Director and Chair of Michigan. His responsibilities include our U.K., Europe, and Japan retail automotive operations along with our commercial truck and power systems operations in Australia and New Zealand. He has worked in the United States, Italy and Australia holding positions in project and account management, manufacturer relations and general management. He has over 25 years experience with the Penske organization and has held various roles in the automotive and commercial vehicle sectors including Detroit Diesel, VM Motori and Penske Automotive Group. Seymore was President of Penske Transportations Group International, leading our launch and subsequent growth in Australia and New Zealand from August 2013 to October 2021. He previously served as our Executive Vice President, Global Operations For Commercial Vehicles and Power Systems from October 2021 until December 2022. Seymore has served as the Chief Operating Officer - International Operations for Penske Automotive Gr0up since January 2023.