Ernest Garcia III

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Ernest Garcia III
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Garcia III in 2020
Born
Ernest C. Garcia

1982or1983(age 41–42) [1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Stanford University
OccupationBusinessman
Known forChairman and CEO, Carvana
Parent Ernest Garcia II

Ernest C. Garcia III (born 1982/1983) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of online used car retailer Carvana.

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Early life, education and family

Ernest Garcia III is the son of businessman Ernest Garcia II. [2] He earned a bachelor's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University in 2005. [1] [3] [4] Garcia lives in Phoenix, Arizona. [5] [6]

Career

Garcia began his career as an associate in the Principal Transactions Group at RBS Greenwich Capital. [7] He joined DriveTime in 2007, before co-founding (with Ryan Keeton and Ben Huston) its subsidiary Carvana in 2012, with Garcia as president and CEO since its inception. [1] [3] [8] [9] Carvana was eventually spun out from DriveTime and given an IPO in 2017. [1] At that time, Garcia became chairman of Carvana. [10]

In 2016, Garcia was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year in the Mountain Desert region for the consumer technology category [11] Garcia, along with Carvana's co-founders, were included in Fortune's 40 Under 40 list in 2017. [12]

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index , Garcia's wealth dropped 98% in 2022, as Carvana's stock price continued to fall amid bankruptcy concerns. [13]

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