Pub. 3 2020-2021 Issue 3

TIME AND ALLY FINANCIAL HONOR LOGAN DEALER — Chris H. Wilson NOMINEE CHRIS H. WILSON Wins National Recognition for Community Service and Industry Accomplishments The nomination of Chris H. Wilson, owner and dealer at Wilson Motor Company, a Ford, Lincoln and Nissan dealership in Logan, Utah, for the 2022 TIME Dealer of the Year award was announced by TIME. Wilson is one of a select group of 47 dealer nominees from across the country who will be honored at the 105th annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Show in Las Vegas on March 11, 2022. The announcement of this year’s annual award was made by Viktoria Degtar, Global Chief Revenue Officer, TIME, and Doug Timmerman, president of Dealer Financial Services, Ally Financial. The TIME Dealer of the Year award is one of the automobile industry’s most prestigious and highly coveted honors. Recipients are among the nation’s most successful auto dealers who also demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community service. Wilson was chosen to represent the New Car Dealers of Utah in the national competition – one of only 47 auto dealers nominated for the 53rd annual award from more than 16,000 nationwide. “The most rewarding aspect of my automotive career is the opportunity to carry on the family legacy started by my grandfather in 1943,” nominee Wilson said. “Family, employee and customer-centric values are what established Wilson Motor and those traditions will lead to the successful future of our fifth-generation family ownership.” Wilson earned a B.S. in business administration from Utah State University in Logan in 1983. While many of his college friends took jobs at major corporations on the East Coast, Wilson opted to stay in Logan and establish his career at the car dealership founded by his grandfather, Floyd Wilson, in 1943. “From a very young age, I pictured myself carrying on the family legacy as the third generation,” he said. “I have always had a deep love for our local community and I considered it a privilege that I was able to stay in Logan, raising my family and contributing to the community.” Wilson started at the dealership at age 12, pulling weeds, sweeping the lot and washing cars. He was a detailer during high school and while in college, took on management roles in parts, service and the used-car department. After college, he dove into sales and was new-car manager by 1984. “My dad, who took over the business in 1971, felt it was important that I had experience in all the departments so I understood how each functioned and contributed to the 8

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