Automakers

For founder Smith, prosperity begins with people

LJ
By:
Leslie J. Allen
March 19, 2007 05:00 AM
O. Bruton Smith

Age: 80

Titles: CEO, Sonic Automotive and Speedway Motorsports

Personal: Divorced, 4 children

On why he stopped driving race cars: "My mom finally started fighting dirty. She started praying that I would stop. So when she did that, I stopped. I couldn't fight her and God, too, at the same time."

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - O. Bruton Smith is a billionaire racing mogul and the founder of the nation's third-largest dealership group, Sonic Automotive Inc.

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