JACK KAIN, SR. CONTINUED ON PAGE 30 Jack Kain Sr. is the founder of Jack Kain Ford in Versaille, Kentucky. He was nominated by Jason Wilson, president of the Kentucky Automobile Dealers Association, for the 2022 TIME Dealer of the Year Award. Recipients are successful auto dealers who demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community service. The award is now in its 53rd year and is one of the automobile industry’s most prestigious and highly coveted honors. Ally has been an exclusive sponsor for 11 years. The executives of state and metro dealer associations around the country nominated more than 16,000 dealers nationwide. However, only 47 dealer nominees were honored on March 11, 2022, at the 105th annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Show in Las Vegas. Jack Kain was one of them. A panel selected one finalist from each of the four NADA regions and one national Dealer of the Year. Three finalists received an additional $5,000 for their favorite charities, and the winner received an additional $10,000 to give to charity, donated by Ally. Ally also contributed $1,000 to each nominee’s 501(c)(3) charity of choice and recognized them on AllyDealerHeroes.com, which highlights the philanthropic contributions and achievements of TIME Dealer of the Year nominees. Kain grew up on a dairy farm, is a United States Air Force veteran and earned a B.A. in 1951 from the University of Kentucky in Lexington. He began to sell cars part-time at a local dealership during college. Kain had a knack for sales and a passion for the retail automotive business. He acquired a DeSoto-Plymouth store in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1953 and launched his first Ford store in Frankfort in 1959. He later moved his Ford operation to Versailles in 1979, added another Ford store in London, Kentucky, and bought and sold Chevrolet, Chrysler and Nissan dealerships over the years. Kain built his current facility in Versailles in 2003 and sold the Ford dealership in London in 2012. 29 KENTUCKY AUTO DEALER
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