CEO Rick Case Auto Group – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Having started his automotive career selling cars from his parent’s Akron, Ohio, front yard while still in high school, Rick Case, along with his wife Rita Case, operates 16 dealerships in three states with 900 employees. At over a half a million square feet, the Rick Case Automotive Group Fort Lauderdale Honda dealership is the largest auto dealership in the world, holding the all-time world sales record of 1,222 new Hondas sold in one month, and its South Florida Acura dealership holds the world record for the most new Acuras sold in one month 379 and being the largest volume Acura dealership in the world seven years in a row and they also hold the sales record for the most new Honda motorcycles 642 sold in one month. Recognized as National Dealers of the Year by USA Today, Time, Sports Illustrated, American International Automobile Dealers Association and the National Automobile Dealer Association, Rita and Rick Case have been honored as Business Leaders of the Year by the Florida Sun Sentinel, and the Junior Achievement and Leadership Broward Foundations, and Humanitarians of the Year by Nova Southeastern University. The Rick Case Automotive Group attributes its growth to not just selling quality vehicles and products, but also to its unwavering commitment to customers. Focusing on superb customer service and community involvement, Rick and Rita Case started the “Rick Case Bikes for Kids” annual charity program in 1982, which has since awarded over 100,000 bicycles to needy children while also providing an avenue for local community members to help the community by donating bicycles. Upon relocating their family from Ohio to Fort Lauderdale in 1985, they also began to focus their efforts toward assisting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, the Broward Community Foundation, the Work-Life Balance Institute for Women, the Broward County Sheriff Advisory Board, and more. Rick Case and his wife Rita have two children, Ryan and Raquel. Both children have attended Northwood University.
