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How unusual deal helped a dealership general manager achieve ownership

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Brady Schmidt, left, and Gary Mull, right, of buy-sell firm National Business Brokers formed Windward Auto Group with Jerry Romano, second from left, and Wayne Davis and bought two dealerships in Hawaii.
October 18, 2021 04:00 AM

Jerry Romano, who started working as a technician three decades ago for the late dealer Louis VeDova, has fulfilled a dream to own his mentor's Hawaiian dealerships — through an unusual ownership structure that includes executives from one of the country's major buy-sell firms.

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