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philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. 180px american 07 february 1949 alice fort lauderdale , florida file : mike jackson -- new 10-16-14 . jpg mike jackson -lrb- auto -rrb-
 mike jackson chairman , ceo , and president of autonation philanthropist st. joseph 's university 1971
mike jackson -lrb- auto -rrb-

michael jackson -lrb- also known as mike jackson -rrb- is chairman , chief executive officer , and president of autonation , inc. .
under his guidance the organization became largest automotive retailer in the united states , using a more customer-focused , transparent and contemporary business model jackson began his career as a technician for an automotive dealership in cherry hill , new jersey , when he was just out of college .
he served as the managing partner of euro motorcars of bethesda , maryland , an operator of 11 new vehicle franchises .
he also served as chairman of the mercedes-benz national dealer council .
jackson then became president and ceo of mercedes-benz usa , responsible for the german automaker 's u.s. sales operation and 311 franchised dealerships .
he was named automotive hall of fame industry leader of the year 2003 .
in 2006 south florida 's ceo magazine named jackson ceo of the year , and he was inducted into the wayne huizenga school of business entrepreneur hall of fame .
in 2009 , jackson was named one of the `` fifty visionary dealers '' of all time by automotive news .
he was also the first recipient of the sports illustrated `` all-star '' dealer award .
he was recognized as a ten time member of the automotive news `` all-star '' of automotive executives and was placed four times in advertising age 's `` marketing 100 '' executives .
in january 2011 , jackson was listed was # 37 on fortune magazine list of global business persons of the year .
in may , ernst & young named mike jackson `` entrepreneur of the year '' .
in the same year , mike jackson also received an honorary doctorate from the livingstone college and was appointed to the federal reserve bank of atlanta 's miami branch board of directors in 2013 .
the detroit free press announced that mike jackson was awarded the 2011 national retail leadership award in conjunction with the north american international auto show -lrb- naias -rrb- .
jackson was named a 2014 recipient of the prestigious horatio alger award , presented to americans who overcome adversity to achieve success ; and was inducted during the award ceremony held in washington , d.c. in april 2014 .
in 2015 saint joseph 's university honored mike jackson ' 71 , with the annual haub school of business -lrb- hsb -rrb- hall of fame award during a dinner in his honor .
jackson is married to his wife alice , is active in a number of local civic and philanthropic interests , and serves as a director of the fort lauderdale museum of art .
