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Article: ATD Honors Rush as 2008 Truck Dealer of Year
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- Transport Topics
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- April 28, 2008
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W. Marvin Rush, founder and chairman of the only truck dealership chain traded on a major U.S. stock exchange, has been honored as the 2008 Truck Dealer of the Year by the American Truck Dealers trade association.
Rush, 69, started Rush Enterprises in 1965 and handed over daily operations to his son, W.M. "Rusty" Rush in February 2006. He built the New Braunfels, Texas, corporation into a business that earned $51.5 million in net income last year on net revenue of $352.1 million and gross revenue of $2.03 billion.
ATD presented Rush with the award April 26 at its annual convention in Grapevine, Texas, near Dallas. A judging committee from Indiana University's Kelley Graduate School of ...