FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AutoNation,
Inc. (NYSE: AN), America's leading automotive retailer, announced today
that its Board of Directors appointed David B. Edelson as an independent
director effective July 30, 2008. Mr. Edelson's appointment expands the
AutoNation Board to eight members.
"AutoNation is privileged to have someone of David's caliber join our
team," said Mike Jackson, chairman and chief executive officer of
AutoNation. "David offers us a considerable degree of high-level strategic
experience, as well as financial expertise and insight that will bring a
valuable perspective on today's market challenges."
Mr. Edelson is Senior Vice President of Loews Corporation (NYSE: L), a
diversified holding company with subsidiaries in the property-casualty
insurance, offshore drilling, natural gas transmission and storage, natural
gas exploration and production, and lodging industries. Mr. Edelson's
responsibilities include helping formulate and execute Loews's corporate
strategies and monitor the performance of Loews's subsidiaries, as well as
overseeing investor relations. Mr. Edelson joined Loews in May 2005.
Prior to joining Loews, Mr. Edelson was Executive Vice President &
Corporate Treasurer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mr. Edelson was named Corporate
Treasurer in April 2001 and promoted to Executive Vice President in
February 2003. Mr. Edelson spent the first 15 years of his career as an
investment banker, first with Goldman Sachs & Co. and subsequently with
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mr. Edelson earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate
School of Business in 1985 and an A.B. in English from Dartmouth College in
1981. He has served as a director of CNA Surety Corporation since February
2007.
For more information about AutoNation and its Board of Directors, visit
http://www.autonation.com.
ABOUT AUTONATION, INC.
AutoNation, Inc., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is America's
largest automotive retailer and has been named America's Most Admired
Automotive Retailer by FORTUNE Magazine in five of the last seven years. A
component of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index, AutoNation owns and
operates 317 new vehicle franchises in 15 states. For additional
information, please visit http://corp.autonation.com or http://www.autonation.com,
where more than 80,000 vehicles are available for sale along with
AutoNation's E-Vehicle program.
SOURCE AutoNation, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Marc Cannon of AutoNation, Inc.,
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