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Mr. Howard
At the time of the agreement, Robert E. Howard II, was the
sole shareholder and CEO of petitioner. He was 43 years old.
Mr. Howard has been in the automobile business all his life. He
began working in his father's car dealership as a teenager. In
1971, at age 24, Mr. Howard began working for Bob Moore Cadillac.
Bob Moore is a "mega dealer"2 who has assisted a number of other
individuals in acquiring dealerships, all of whom have been
successful and some of whom have become mega dealers in their own
right. Mr. Howard worked his way up to the position of sales
manager for Bob Moore Cadillac and in 1973, at the age of 26, was
the youngest metropolitan Cadillac sales manager in the United
States. In 1973, Mr. Howard was promoted to general manager of a
Chevrolet dealership owned by Mr. Moore.
In 1978, at age 31, Mr. Howard purchased an interest in a
Pontiac-GMC dealership (petitioner) in Edmond, Oklahoma. By
1980, Mr. Howard had become the sole shareholder of petitioner.
Bob Howard Automall
By 1982, petitioner had obtained the rights to represent
Subaru, Mazda, and Yugo. In 1986, Mr. Howard acquired 10-1/2
acres of land in Oklahoma City (the site). Mr. Howard
constructed three automobile sales facilities and a parts and
service facility on the site which became known as the Bob Howard
Automall (the automall). Mr. Howard devoted all of his time to
2 The term was used, but not defined, by the parties. We
use the term to mean a very large automobile dealership.
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