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EPISODE 12: James L. Ferman, CEO and President Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc.
James L. Ferman, Jr., CEO & President Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc.
James L. Ferman, Jr., serves as CEO and President of Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc. and its affiliated automobile dealerships, headquartered in Tampa. Founded in 1895 by his grandfather, W. Frederick Ferman, the Ferman family business is ranked one of the largest dealership groups in Florida and in the United States, with more than 1,300 employees and annual sales of over $900 million.
His civic and community involvement includes past Chairman and Campaign Chairman of The United Way of Hillsborough County and past Director of the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay. He is past Chairman of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and its Committee of 100, past Chairman of The Tampa Museum of Art, past Chairman of The Florida Aquarium, and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Conservancy.
A 1965 graduate of Emory University, he is a Trustee Emeritus at Emory University where both he and his wife, Celia, received the Emory Medal for distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in 1999. In 1997 he received the Tampa Citizen of the Year award from both the Civitan Club of Tampa and the Rotary Club of Tampa. In 2001 he was a Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame inductee, and received the Florida Family Business of the Year Award from the John H. Sykes College of Business at The University of Tampa. In 2010, he was presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award by the Gulf Ridge Council Boy Scouts of America, and in 2012 he was the recipient of the H. L. Culbreath Profile in Leadership Award, presented by Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce.
He is a Director and Chairman of the Tampa Bay Banking Company and The Bank of Tampa, a former Director of TECO Energy, Inc. and Tampa Electric Company, and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tampa.
Born in Tampa in 1943, Mr. Ferman was an Eagle Scout and served in the U. S. Coast Guard. He is married to the former Cecelia Davis, and they have two daughters, Laura Farrior and Janice Straske, and six grandchildren. They reside in his native Tampa where they are members of Hyde Park United Methodist Church.
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By Andy MaytsJames L. Ferman, Jr., CEO & President Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc.
James L. Ferman, Jr., serves as CEO and President of Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc. and its affiliated automobile dealerships, headquartered in Tampa. Founded in 1895 by his grandfather, W. Frederick Ferman, the Ferman family business is ranked one of the largest dealership groups in Florida and in the United States, with more than 1,300 employees and annual sales of over $900 million.
His civic and community involvement includes past Chairman and Campaign Chairman of The United Way of Hillsborough County and past Director of the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay. He is past Chairman of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and its Committee of 100, past Chairman of The Tampa Museum of Art, past Chairman of The Florida Aquarium, and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Conservancy.
A 1965 graduate of Emory University, he is a Trustee Emeritus at Emory University where both he and his wife, Celia, received the Emory Medal for distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in 1999. In 1997 he received the Tampa Citizen of the Year award from both the Civitan Club of Tampa and the Rotary Club of Tampa. In 2001 he was a Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame inductee, and received the Florida Family Business of the Year Award from the John H. Sykes College of Business at The University of Tampa. In 2010, he was presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award by the Gulf Ridge Council Boy Scouts of America, and in 2012 he was the recipient of the H. L. Culbreath Profile in Leadership Award, presented by Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce.
He is a Director and Chairman of the Tampa Bay Banking Company and The Bank of Tampa, a former Director of TECO Energy, Inc. and Tampa Electric Company, and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tampa.
Born in Tampa in 1943, Mr. Ferman was an Eagle Scout and served in the U. S. Coast Guard. He is married to the former Cecelia Davis, and they have two daughters, Laura Farrior and Janice Straske, and six grandchildren. They reside in his native Tampa where they are members of Hyde Park United Methodist Church.