Warren Buffett — no relation to Jimmy — is a lot of things: investor extraordinaire, railroad magnate, newspaper mogul, hip-hop enthusiast et al. As of last Thursday, however, he picked up a new title: master auto dealer.
Bloomberg reports Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway purchased Arizona-based Van Tuyl Group, the largest privately owned auto dealership group in the United States, for an undisclosed sum. Namesake Larry Van Tuyl will continue to run the show, especially with Buffett's plans to scale operations significantly.
The purchase is a bet on the consolidation of the dealership industry overall, as a handful of groups — like AutoNation, Group 1 and Penske — come into more dealerships; Van Tuyl operates 78 in 10 states, including Arizona, Texas and Nebraska.
Once the paperwork is sorted in Q1 2015, the group will be renamed Berkshire Hathaway Automotive. The group has over $8 billion in revenue.
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