JM Family Enterprises

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JM Family Enterprises, Inc.
Type Private
Industry Automotive Distribution & Sales
Finance and Insurance Products & Services
Founded 1968
Headquarters Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA
Key people Colin Brown, President & CEO
Brent Burns, CFO
Ken Yerves, CIO and CAO
Products Cars, Trucks, Financing, Extended Warranty, Parts, Dealer support
Revenue $8.4 billion (2009)
Employees 3,800 (2009)
Website www.jmfamily.com

JM Family Enterprises, Inc. (JM Family) is a diversified automotive company ranked by Forbes as the 30th-largest privately held company in the U.S.[1] It is also consistently ranked by FORTUNE as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For,[2] and by Computerworld magazine as 100 Best Places to Work in IT.[3] Headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Fla., the company has major business operations in Jacksonville and Margate, Fla.; Commerce and Alpharetta, Ga.; Mobile, Ala.; and St. Louis, Mo.

[edit] Origins

JM Family was founded by automotive legend James M. (Jim) Moran. The company grew from Southeast Toyota Distributors, which was established in 1968 to distribute Toyota vehicles to independent dealers in the five southeastern states. Today, JM Family is one of the most respected automotive-related businesses in the U.S. with approximately 3,800 associates. Major subsidiaries include:

  • JM&A Group - one of the largest independent providers of finance and insurance (F&I) products in the automotive industry
  • JM Lexus - the largest volume retail Lexus dealership in the world.
  • Southeast Toyota Distributors - the world’s largest independent distributor of Toyota and Scion vehicles, parts and accessories
  • World Omni Financial Corp. - an automotive financial services company

They have major activity centers in Deerfield Beach, Margate & Jacksonville, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; Alpharetta & Commerce, Georgia; Beverly, Massachusetts; St. Louis, Missouri; and Solon, Ohio.

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] Forbes Magazine, Largest Private Companies
  2. ^ [2] Fortune Magazine: 100 Best Companies to Work For
  3. ^ [3] Computerworld magazine, 100 Best Places to Work in IT]

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Coordinates: 26°19′07″N 80°07′12″W / 26.318659°N 80.120066°W / 26.318659; -80.120066

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