People: Sonic Automotive Inc (SAH)
SAH on New York Consolidated
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24 May 2013
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24 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
O. Bruton Smith |
86 | 1997 | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer |
B. Scott Smith |
45 | 2007 | President, Chief Strategic Officer, Director |
David Smith |
38 | 2013 | Vice Chairman of the Board |
Heath Byrd |
46 | 2013 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
Jeff Dyke |
45 | 2008 | Executive Vice President - Operations |
William Belk |
63 | 2002 | Lead Independent Director |
William Brooks |
63 | 1997 | Director |
Victor Doolan |
72 | 2005 | Independent Director |
H. Robert Heller |
73 | 2000 | Independent Director |
Robert Rewey |
74 | 2001 | Independent Director |
David Vorhoff |
57 | 2007 | Independent Director |
J. Todd Atenhan |
IR Contact Officer |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
O. Bruton Smith |
Mr. O. Bruton Smith is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Sonic Automotive Inc., since January 1997. He is also the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Sonic and has served as such since Sonic’s organization in January 1997, and he currently is a director and executive officer of many of Sonic’s subsidiaries. Mr. Smith has worked in the retail automobile industry since 1966. Mr. Smith is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, a director and controlling stockholder of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (“SMI”). SMI is a public company whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). Among other things, SMI owns and operates the following NASCAR racetracks: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Sonoma Raceway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. He is also an executive officer or a director of most of SMI’s operating subsidiaries. |
B. Scott Smith |
Mr. B. Scott Smith is President, Chief Strategic Officer, Director of Sonic Automotive Inc. He is the Co-Founder of Sonic. He is also President, Chief Strategic Officer and a director of Sonic. Prior to his appointment as President in March 2007, Mr. Smith served as Sonic’s Vice Chairman and Chief Strategic Officer since October 2002. Mr. Smith was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sonic from April 1997 until October 2002. Mr. Smith has been a Sonic director since its organization in January 1997. Mr. Smith also serves as a director and executive officer of many of Sonic’s subsidiaries. He has been an executive officer of Town & Country Ford since 1993, and was a minority owner of both Town & Country Ford and Fort Mill Ford before Sonic’s acquisition of those dealerships in 1997. Mr. Smith became the General Manager of Town & Country Ford in November 1992 where he remained until his appointment as President and Chief Operating Officer of Sonic in April 1997. Mr. Smith has over 22 years of experience in the automobile dealership industry. |
David Smith |
Mr. David Bruton Smith is appointed as Vice Chairman of the Board of Sonic Automotive Inc., effective March 31, 2013. He has served in Sonic’s organization since October 2000. Prior to being named a director and Executive Vice President of Sonic, Mr. Smith served as Sonic’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development since March 2007. Prior to that appointment, Mr. Smith served as Sonic’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy from October 2005 to March 2007, and also served prior to that time as Dealer Operator of Sonic’s Arnold Palmer Cadillac dealership from January 2004 to October 2005, Sonic’s Fort Mill Ford dealership from January 2003 to January 2004 and Sonic’s Town and Country Ford dealership from October 2000 to December 2002. |
Heath Byrd |
Mr. Heath R. Byrd has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Sonic Automotive, Inc., effective March 31, 2013. Mr. Byrd has served as Sonic’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer since November 2007 with responsibility for establishing and directing the strategic long-term goals, policies and procedures of Sonic’s business technology department. Prior to joining Sonic, he served in a variety of management positions at HRAmerica, Inc., a workforce management firm that provided customized human resource and workforce development through co-sourcing arrangements (“HRAmerica”), including as a director, as President and Chief Operating Officer and as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer. |
Jeff Dyke |
Mr. Jeff Dyke is Executive Vice President - Operations of Sonic Automotive Inc. He is responsible for direct oversight for all of Sonic’s retail automotive operations. From March 2007 to October 2008, Mr. Dyke served as Division Chief Operating Officer — South East Division, where he oversaw retail automotive operations for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and South Carolina. Mr. Dyke first joined Sonic in October 2005 as its Vice President of Retail Strategy, a position that he held until April 2006, when he was promoted to Division Vice President — Eastern Division, a position he held from April 2006 to March 2007. Prior to joining Sonic, Mr. Dyke worked in the automotive retail industry at AutoNation from 1996 to 2005, where he held several positions in divisional, regional and dealership management with that company. |
William Belk |
Mr. William I. Belk is Lead Independent Director of Sonic Automotive Inc., since August 2002. He has been a director of Sonic since March 1998. Mr. Belk is currently affiliated with Southeast Investments, NC, Inc., a FINRA member firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Belk’s past professional experience includes serving as a North Carolina District Court Judge, serving as a partner in the investment banking firm Carolina Financial Group, Inc., and serving in the positions of Chairman and director for certain Belk stores, a retail department store chain. Mr. Belk has also previously served as a director of Monroe Hardware Co., Inc., a wholesaler of hardware materials. Mr. Belk is an attorney with an LLM — Taxation and a Masters in Business Administration. |
William Brooks |
Mr. William R. Brooks is Director of Sonic Automotive, Inc., since its organization in January 1997. Mr. Brooks also served as Sonic’s initial Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Vice President and Secretary from January 1997 to April 1997. Since December 1994, Mr. Brooks has been the Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and a director of SMI, became Executive Vice President of SMI in February 2004 and became Vice Chairman in 2008. Mr. Brooks also serves as an executive officer and a director for various operating subsidiaries of SMI. Before the formation of SMI in December 1994, Mr. Brooks was the Vice President of Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe’s Motor Speedway) and a Vice President and director of Atlanta Motor Speedway. |
Victor Doolan |
Mr. Victor H. Doolan is Independent Director of Sonic Automotive Inc., since July 2005. Prior to being appointed as a director of Sonic, Mr. Doolan served for approximately three years as president of Volvo Cars North America until his retirement in March 2005. Prior to joining Volvo, Mr. Doolan served as the Executive Director of the Premier Automotive Group, the luxury division of Ford Motor Company from July 1999 to June 2002. Mr. Doolan also enjoyed a 23-year career with BMW, culminating with his service as President of BMW of North America from September 1993 to July 1999. Mr. Doolan has worked in the automotive industry for approximately 36 years. Mr. Doolan also served as a director of Blue Fire Ethanol Fuels Inc. until December 2010. |
H. Robert Heller |
Mr. H. Robert Heller is Independent Director of Sonic Automotive Inc., since January 2000. Mr. Heller served as a director of FirstAmerica Automotive, Inc. from January 1999 until its acquisition by Sonic in December 1999. Mr. Heller was a director and Executive Vice President of Fair, Isaac and Company from 1994 until 2001, where he was responsible for strategic relationships and marketing. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Heller was President and Chief Executive Officer of Visa U.S.A. Mr. Heller is a former Governor of the Federal Reserve System, and has had career in banking, international finance, government service and education. Mr. Heller currently serves as director of Bank of Marin Bancorp, a public company traded on the Nasdaq. |
Robert Rewey |
Mr. Robert L. Rewey is Independent Director of Sonic Automotive Inc., since December 2001. Mr. Rewey served as the Group Vice President of Ford Motor Company’s North American Operations and Global Sales, Marketing and Customer Services from January 2000 until his retirement in April 2001. During his career with Ford, Mr. Rewey also served as President of Lincoln Mercury Division and then Ford Division and Group Vice President of North American sales, marketing and customer service. He has served on the board of directors for Volvo Cars and Mazda Corporation. In his prior positions, Mr. Rewey was responsible for initiating Ford’s global brand, motorsports and marketing executive development strategies. He also implemented innovations in Six Sigma for sales and marketing and developed short term vehicle leasing. Mr. Rewey has served as a member of the Board of Visitors, Fuqua School, Duke University and the Dean’s Council, Fisher School of Business, Ohio State University. Mr. Rewey currently serves as a director of SMI and of LoJack Corporation, a public company traded on the Nasdaq. |
David Vorhoff |
Mr. David C. Vorhoff is Independent Director of Sonic Automotive Inc., since April 2007. Mr. Vorhoff is a co-founding Partner of McColl Partners, LLC, and has served as a Managing Director of the firm since its founding in 2001. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, McColl Partners provides investment banking services to middle-market companies and financial institutions, and advises clients in three primary areas: mergers and acquisitions; raising private capital; and strategic advisory and valuation assignment. Prior to 2001, Mr. Vorhoff was a Managing Director of Banc of America Securities’ Health Care Group and of NationsBanc Montgomery Securities Health Care Group in New York, and of NationsBank Capital Markets’ mergers and acquisitions group in Charlotte. Mr. Vorhoff also served as a director of Star Scientific, a public company traded on the Nasdaq, from October 2005 to September 2007. |
J. Todd Atenhan |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
O. Bruton Smith |
3,863,700 |
B. Scott Smith |
3,319,950 |
David Smith |
2,098,390 |
Heath Byrd |
-- |
Jeff Dyke |
3,126,360 |
William Belk |
-- |
William Brooks |
-- |
Victor Doolan |
-- |
H. Robert Heller |
-- |
Robert Rewey |
-- |
David Vorhoff |
-- |
J. Todd Atenhan |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
O. Bruton Smith |
1,050,000 | 7,648,120 |
B. Scott Smith |
870,305 | 8,868,640 |
David Smith |
36,611 | 549,562 |
Heath Byrd |
0 | 0 |
Jeff Dyke |
41,668 | 757,941 |
William Belk |
0 | 0 |
William Brooks |
0 | 0 |
Victor Doolan |
0 | 0 |
H. Robert Heller |
0 | 0 |
Robert Rewey |
0 | 0 |
David Vorhoff |
0 | 0 |
J. Todd Atenhan |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
BYRD HEATH R |
2,774 | $23.52 |
BELK WILLIAM IRWIN |
2,000 | $23.41 |
HELLER H ROBERT |
3,387 | $0.00 |
BELK WILLIAM IRWIN |
3,387 | $0.00 |
VORHOFF DAVID C |
3,387 | $0.00 |
REWEY ROBERT L JR |
3,387 | $0.00 |
DOOLAN VICTOR H |
3,387 | $0.00 |
BROOKS WILLIAM R |
3,387 | $0.00 |
SMITH OLLEN BRUTON |
7,455 | $22.16 |
SMITH DAVID BRUTON |
4,100 | $22.16 |
DYKE FRANK JEFF III |
5,235 | $22.16 |
SMITH BRYAN SCOTT |
6,438 | $22.16 |
COSPER DAVID P |
4,159 | $0.00 |
SMITH DAVID BRUTON |
3,424 | $0.00 |
SMITH BRYAN SCOTT |
5,376 | $0.00 |
SMITH BRYAN SCOTT |
18,403 | $0.00 |
SMITH OLLEN BRUTON |
21,423 | $0.00 |
DYKE FRANK JEFF III |
58,620 | $0.00 |
SMITH BRYAN SCOTT |
65,647 | $0.00 |
SMITH DAVID BRUTON |
11,674 | $0.00 |
SMITH OLLEN BRUTON |
76,010 | $0.00 |
DYKE FRANK JEFF III |
4,371 | $0.00 |
DYKE FRANK JEFF III |
15,010 | $0.00 |
SMITH OLLEN BRUTON |
6,225 | $0.00 |
SMITH DAVID BRUTON |
44,647 | $0.00 |
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