JM Family Enterprises

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JM Family Enterprises
Company type Private
Industry Automotive industry
FoundedJuly 23, 1969;55 years ago (1969-07-23) [1]
Founder Jim Moran
Headquarters Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA
Area served
 Southeastern United States
Key people
Brent Burns (JMFE President & CEO) [2]
Colin Brown (Chairman of the Board)
ProductsVehicles, Parts, Automotive Transport, Financial Services, Financial, Insurance & Warranty Products, Software, Services, Home Product Services
Revenue$18.0 billion (2022) [3]
Number of employees
5,000 (2022) [3]
Subsidiaries
List
Website jmfamily.com

JM Family Enterprises, Inc. (JMFE) is a diversified automotive company. It is ranked by Forbes as the 17th largest privately held company in the U.S. [3] The company is ranked on the Fortune "100 Best Companies to Work For" list, [4] and was No. 9 on the InformationWeek 500 list of the nation's leading information technology innovators. [5]

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History

Founded in 1968 by James M. (Jim) Moran, JM Family has grown from a core distribution business importing Japanese cars into a diversified automotive corporation whose principal businesses focus on vehicle distribution and processing, financial services, finance and insurance products, retail sales and dealer technology products and services. The company employs more than 4,000 people nationwide. [3]

Deerfield Beach became JMFE's corporate headquarters in 1981. Jacksonville architect Robert C. Broward designed the campus. [6]

Best Company to work for

In 2016, JMFE was ranked 13th on Fortune magazine's article, "30 Best Workplaces to Retire From". [7] [8]

JM Family marked their 50th year in business by announcing a $150 million makeover for their corporate headquarters." [9]

The year 2022 was the 24th year that JM Family Enterprises was included in Fortune 's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list. [4]

Operations

JMFE began with a distributorship for imported Japanese vehicles and grew rapidly. The first year, cars were being sold to 42 dealerships by eleven associates in Pompano Beach, Florida. [10] As opportunities presented themselves, Moran created other automotive businesses under the JM Family Enterprises "umbrella".

New Headquarters

The Corporate headquarters complex consisted of 15 buildings along Jim Moran Boulevard. In April 2018 JMFE announced a $150 million renovation and expansion. A new 900-car parking garage was key to the transformation into a pedestrian-centered campus with green space. Only three buildings of the original buildings were not demolished and seven were demolished. New buildings included three new office buildings and a two-floor dining facility; a conference and training center (55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2)); and a sports complex (20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2)). [9]

Information Technology

In 2004, InformationWeek magazine and CIC Research conducted a survey of large U.S. companies in 21 industries to determine the "Top Industry Performers" for innovative IT users. In the Automotive Industry, JM Family Enterprises was chosen. [11]

A 2006 article in InformationWeek magazine discussed how JMFE transitioned from a service provider to a business partner: "Wring Profits Out Of IT". At the time, the company marketed more than two dozen IT services and products including network services, web filters, virus protection, retail kiosks and wireless products. [12] That same year, JMFE was ranked ninth on the InformationWeek 500. [5]

JMsolutions was formed to sell internal IT products & services outside the company. [12] Products included JMsolutions RetailSuite and Mobile Auto Xchange, a wireless appraisal program. [12] [13]

Southeast Toyota Distributors

On October 26, 1968, Jim Moran entered into an agreement to distribute Toyota vehicles from the port in Jacksonville, Florida to the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina. Southeast Toyota Distributors (SET) was founded that year. [14]

SETs original vehicle processing center is located at the Jacksonville Port Authority (JaxPort) Talleyrand terminal and processes the vehicles that arrive by ship. [15] As of 2022, the majority of vehicles distributed by SET arrive by Rail transport, not ship.

The Westlake Processing facility opened in 2002 on the northwest side of Jacksonville for vehicles destined for Southern Alabama, Southern Georgia and Florida. [16]

The Inland Processing facility is located in Commerce, Georgia for vehicles intended for distribution to dealers in Northern Alabama, Northern Georgia and the Carolinas. [17]

Southeast Toyota Parts operates from a single, 410,000-square-foot (38,000 m2) warehouse in Jacksonville, the size of 8 football fields. For 2020, $437 million in Toyota parts & accessories were sold. [15] [18]

Southeast Transportation Systems (STS) at the Westlake Processing center employs drivers and tractor/trailers [19] who transport vehicles to Southeast Toyota dealers and fleet customers from SET's Jacksonville and Commerce vehicle processing facilities. [20]

The Technical Training Center (TTC) opened in 2007 at the Westlake Processing center in Jacksonville for dealership employees. [21]

Southeast Toyota Finance

World Omni Financial Corporation (WOFCO), d/b/a Southeast Toyota Finance (SETF) is a captive & diversified financial services company which finances nearly half of the new Toyota vehicles sold by SET's 177 dealers. They have customer care centers in Mobile, Alabama and St. Louis, Missouri. [22] SETF also provides $780 million in floorplan financing to those same dealers. [22] [23]

JM&A Group

JM&A Group provides finance, insurance and warranty products for sale by any automotive dealer. [23] The training center is a new, 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2) facility on their corporate campus in Deerfield Beach. [9]

Home Franchise Concepts

JMFE purchased Irvine, California-based Home Franchise Concepts from Trilantic North America in 2019. [24] Home Franchise Concepts provides franchise opportunities for homeowner products and services supported by training and marketing using a proven business model. [25]

Futura Title & Escrow

JMFE purchased Boise, Idaho-based Futura Title & Escrow from Seidler Equity Partners in 2022. [26] Futura Title & Escrow is the largest family of independent title and escrow companies in the Pacific Northwest. With more than 70 branch operations serving 60-plus counties throughout Idaho and Oregon, and parts of Montana, Washington, and Wyoming.

Jim Moran Foundation

In 2000, Moran established the Jim Moran Foundation [27] In 2015, the foundation made a $100 million donation to Florida State University to create the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship in Tallahassee. The gift is believed to be the largest single contribution to Florida's higher education system. [28]

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