David W Wilson

Toyota of Orange, California; chairman and CEO, Wilson Automotive

Wilson rose from his small-town roots and a lower middle class background to become chairman and CEO of Wilson Automotive, one of the country’s largest privately-held auto dealerships. As the eldest of five children, his father was a former rodeo cowboy who worked as a machinist for John Deere, and his mother also worked full-time. Eventually the Wilsons moved to a farm outside of Traer Iowa. Wilson worked a series of blue collar jobs – lathe operator and night mechanic among them – to finance the remainder of his education at University of Northern Iowa (UNI). By his senior year, he was selling cars at a local dealership. Wilson graduated from UNI in 1970 with a degree in philosophy and a minor in business, and after his graduation, he and his growing family moved to Arizona. Wilson persuaded an auto dealership to make him a salesman. Within five years, he would own a 25% stake in the business, ultimately leveraging the partnership to launch his own dealerships throughout the southwest United States and parts of Mexico. Wilson Automotive now comprises 18 automotive dealerships and related companies, employing more than 2,500 people. These corporations total more than $3 billion in annual sales, making Wilson Automotive one of the largest dealership groups in the nation. October 20 2023 David W. Wilson pledged $25 million to the University of Northen Iowas, and as a result, the school’s business college will be renamed the David W. Wilson College of Business.

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Robert Holmes Tuttle	John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Arizona Republican Party, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Dealers Election Action Committee of the National Automotive Dealers Association, Leadership Committee; the, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, John F Seymour, Automotive Free International Trade PAC, Carly Fiorina, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Restore Our Future PAC
Jim Click	John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Arizona Republican Party, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Dealers Election Action Committee of the National Automotive Dealers Association, Leadership Committee; the, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John F Seymour, Automotive Free International Trade PAC, Carly Fiorina, Restore Our Future PAC
Charles R Schwab	John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Arizona Republican Party, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John F Seymour, Carly Fiorina, Restore Our Future PAC, Tony Strickland, Jim Renacci
Paula Kent Meehan	John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Idaho Republican Party, Carly Fiorina, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Tony Strickland
Glenn Stearns	John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, Loretta Sanchez, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Idaho Republican Party, Carly Fiorina, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Restore Our Future PAC, Gary Delong
William P Foley II	John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, William Edwin Dannemeyer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Arizona Republican Party, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, John F Seymour, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee
Bill Doddridge	John Campbell, John McCain, Loretta Sanchez, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Carly Fiorina, New Majority California Federal PAC, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Tony Strickland
George L Argyros Sr.	John Campbell, John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, John F Seymour, Carly Fiorina, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee
David T Fischer	John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Dealers Election Action Committee of the National Automotive Dealers Association, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Idaho Republican Party, Automotive Free International Trade PAC, Auto Dealers and Drivers for Free Trade PAC, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Restore Our Future PAC
David M Conant	John Campbell, Edward Randall Royce, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Dealers Election Action Committee of the National Automotive Dealers Association, Mitt Romney, Automotive Free International Trade PAC, Auto Dealers and Drivers for Free Trade PAC, Carly Fiorina, Mike Kelly, Jim Renacci, E Scott Rigell, Gary Delong
Michael Hayde	John Campbell, John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, Loretta Sanchez, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John F Seymour, Carly Fiorina, New Majority California Federal PAC, Restore Our Future PAC
Duane R Roberts	John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, John F Seymour, Carly Fiorina, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Restore Our Future PAC, Tony Strickland
Marna Schnabel	John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Carly Fiorina, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Restore Our Future PAC, Tony Strickland
Peter Blackstock	John Campbell, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Russ Darrow, Dealers Election Action Committee of the National Automotive Dealers Association, Mitt Romney, John F Seymour, Automotive Free International Trade PAC, Auto Dealers and Drivers for Free Trade PAC, Carly Fiorina
Dale L Dykema	John Campbell, John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney, John F Seymour, Carly Fiorina, New Majority California Federal PAC, Tony Strickland, Gary Delong
Donald Bren	John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, John F Seymour, Carly Fiorina, New Majority California Federal PAC, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee
Dennis Troesh	John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, John F Seymour, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Gary Delong
Edward Roski Jr	John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, Loretta Sanchez, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Idaho Republican Party, Carly Fiorina, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee
Peter A Magowan	John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Idaho Republican Party, Carly Fiorina, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Restore Our Future PAC, Tony Strickland
Frank Baxter	John Campbell, John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John F Seymour, Carly Fiorina, Restore Our Future PAC, Tony Strickland

David W Wilson

Toyota of Orange, California; chairman and CEO, Wilson Automotive

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