Including the automotive retailer founded in 1996, Wayne Huizenga is responsible for how many New York Stock exchange listed companies?
AutoNation Founded by H. Wayne Huizenga in 1996, AutoNation has become the largest automotive retailer in the United States and is the leading provider of new and pre-owned vehicles and associated services in the US. The company currently owns and operates over 360 retail operations throughout the continental US and is currently led from its Ft Lauderdale, Florida headquarters by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Mike Jackson, former President of Mercedes-Benz North America.
Triton Energy Triton Energy Limited (NYSE: OIL ) (formerly known as Triton Energy Corporation prior to March 25, 1996) was one of the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States. Triton was founded in Dallas, Texas by E.R. Wiley in 1962, and had total proved reserves of almost 300 million barrels of oil equivalent when Amerada Hess Corporation purchased it in 2001 for $3.2 billion. At the time, Triton had operations in North and South America, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.