FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP/WSVN) — Four months after the country’s largest auto dealership chain named a new chief executive to replace its longtime CEO, AutoNation is making another change at the top.
Chief Financial Officer Cheryl Miller is making history as the first female CEO of a publicly traded automotive retailer.
She is replacing Carl Liebert, who is departing in a mutual agreement with the board.
CEO Mike Jackson stepped down in March after leading AutoNation for 20 years, and Liebert was brought in from outside the auto retailing industry, as his replacement. Liebert had been chief operating officer at the financial services company USAA and had worked as an executive at The Home Depot and General Electric.
Cheryl Miller has been with the Fort Lauderdale company since 2009 and has been CFO since 2014.
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