Title: CEO
Dealership: Galpin Motors Inc., Van Nuys, Calif.
2015 unit retail sales, new: 23,664
2015 unit sales, used: 6,808
Year started at dealership: 1953
Dealerships: 7
Franchises: Ford, Aston Martin, Honda, Jaguar, Kia, Lincoln, Lotus, Mazda, Subaru, Volkswagen and Volvo
Employees: 1,400
2015 revenue: $1,053,268,389
Innovations: Galpinization (vehicle customization), including surfer vans, sunroofs, pinstripes, special wheels, custom interiors; consumer leasing, Horseless Carriage in-dealership restaurant, Starbucks in-dealership coffee shop
Early dealership management experience: Galpin Edsel.
Boeckmann says: "I think we were the only Edsel dealer that made a profit."
LOS ANGELES -- On a sunny October morning in Van Nuys, Calif., Bert Boeckmann showed up for work just as he has almost every day for the last 63 years. At 86, Boeckmann has some difficulty getting around these days. He got off his electric scooter and, with the help of an assistant, labored up the steps to his glass-walled office overlooking the showroom floor at Galpin Ford.
