Scott Barrett

Scott Barrett is president of JM Family Holdings and senior vice president of JM Family Enterprises, a privately held company with $24.7 billion in revenue and more than 5,500 associates. Rooted in automotive and united in its strong culture and core values, JM Family is invested in its companies, associates and communities.

Barrett first joined JM Family in 2001 as chief information officer, serving as a member of the Executive Management Team. He held several senior leadership roles before retiring in 2009. In 2012 he returned to JM Family as a member of the Board of Directors, and in 2019, became the interim president of Home Franchise Concepts. During that time, he successfully integrated Home Franchise Concepts into JM Family as its first non-automotive company and served as a trusted advisor as Futura Title & Escrow and Rollease Acmeda later joined the organization.

Before joining JM Family, Barrett served as executive vice president for Republic Industries in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Republic Industries held and managed several business interests including AutoNation, National Car Rental, Alamo Car Rental and Republic Waste. Barrett also served in a number of roles at Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation, including president of Domestic Operations and chief information officer. Barrett started his career with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Dallas, Texas.

Barrett earned bachelor’s degrees in accounting and management information systems from Texas Tech University and a fine arts degree from Savannah College of Art and Design. Among other recognitions, he received the Companion Medalist from Palm Beach Atlantic University for Entrepreneurship and was nominated twice as CIO of the Year by InformationWeek magazine.

Over the last several years, he has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies.

About JM Family Enterprises, Inc.
JM Family Enterprises, Inc. was founded by automotive legend, Jim Moran in 1968. It is a privately held company with $24.7 billion in revenue and more than 5,500 associates. Rooted in automotive and united in its strong culture and core values, JM Family is invested in its companies, associates and communities. Driven by exceptional performance, current subsidiaries are in the automotive, financial services, franchising and specialty distribution industries. Its family of companies includes: Southeast Toyota Distributors, the world’s largest independent distributor of Toyota vehicles; JM&A Group, a company committed to improving automotive dealers’ performance by offering Finance & Insurance products and services, dealership training and consulting; World Omni Financial Corp. (dba Southeast Toyota Finance), a captive financial services company driven to delivering an exceptional dealership and customer experience for Toyota customers in the Southeast; JM Lexus, one of South Florida’s leading Lexus dealers; Home Franchise Concepts^®, a multi-brand franchise network consisting of Budget Blinds^®, The Tailored Closet™, PremierGarage^®, Lightspeed Restoration™, Kitchen Tune-Up^®, Bath Tune-Up^®, Two Maids^® and Aussie Pet Mobile^®; and Futura Title & Escrow, a family of leading independent title and escrow companies which includes Alliance Title & Escrow, AmeriTitle, Pacific Alliance Title, Kittitas Title and Escrow, and Momentum Title Agency; and Rollease Acmeda, a leading specialty distributor of window covering systems.

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