Claim: Austin Ligon was CEO of a Circuit City spin off after he was director of corporate planning for Marriott.
Evidence: Austin became Sr. VP of Automotive in 1992, and President of CarMax in 1995. He added the title of CEO upon the company's spin off from Circuit City in 2002. He joined Marriott in 1984 as director of corporate planning, and served as vice president of both marketing and concept general management in the family restaurant division.