Georgia
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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 13, 2010 – Pat Hoban, Owner Dealer of Capitol City Nissan, a Nissan dealership in Chamblee, Ga., was named the TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year from Georgia.
Hoban was chosen to represent the Georgia Automobile Dealers Association in the national competition. The award is sponsored by TIME Magazine in association with Goodyear, and in cooperation with NADA.
“In high school, I started sweeping floors in the parts warehouse for Tropical Chevrolet in Miami,” says Hoban. “One day, I attended a company meeting and was introduced to the dealer, Charlie Bradshaw. I was very impressed; I wanted to be like him some day.”
Hoban graduated from Miami-Edison High School in Miami, FL, in 1964, and then earned an Associate of Arts degree in Accounting from Miami Dade (Junior) College in Miami in 1966. Hoban soon began his climb to be like Mr. Bradshaw of Tropical Chevrolet, where, with hard work, he’d risen from floor sweeper to parts driver. “After junior college, I landed a job with GMAC as a Field Representative [collector], and worked my way up to Collection Desk Supervisor.”
In 1971, Hoban resigned from GMAC to take a job selling new Chevrolets for Larry Costley Chevrolet in Miami. Hoban says, “I wanted to be a Chevrolet dealer and the only way I could do that was to learn the business from the ground up.”
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