Article: Car Seller Biggest Black-Owned Firm

PETER ALAN HARPER, AP Business Writer
AP Online
05-10-1999
Car Seller Biggest Black-Owned Firm

NEW YORK (AP) -- A car dealership empire headed by former Pro Bowl running back Mel Farr dethroned a slimmed down TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc. as the nation's largest black-owned business in rankings released today by Black Enterprise magazine.

Mel Farr Automotive Group, with sales of $596.6 million last year, became the first auto dealership to claim the title in the 27 years the magazine has measured the performance of black-owned companies.

While auto dealerships like Farr's benefitted from a robust economy last year, TLC Beatrice -- which dominated the rankings through the 1990s ...

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