Scott Painter
American businessman
Scott Painter (born September 30, 1968) is an American entrepreneur in the technology and automotive industries.2
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Born Sep 30, 1968.1
About
In 2016, he co-founded Fair, Inc., a Los Angeles–based automotive financial technology company, with Georg Bauer
Previously, Painter founded and was the CEO of TrueCar, Inc. Prior to TrueCar, he was the founder and CEO of CarsDirect.com.
He has advised a number of automotive businesses including Tesla Motors.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedDefense Language Institute3
- Date not recordedUnited States Military Academy3
- Date not recordedUniversity of California3
Painter was born in Seattle on September 30, 1968, and grew up in Placer County, California, near Sacramento. He started his first company, Scott's Auto Dealing, at the age of 14. After high school, he joined the United States Army and trained to become a Spanish interrogator. He attended West Point, where he studied military strategy and systems engineering. While at West Point, he was class president before transferring to UC Berkeley, where he studied political economics.
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Career
Occupation: entrepreneur.6
Painter left UC Berkeley before graduating to sell his first auto-related startup company, AUTOAccess, an electronic database listing used cars for sale. Prior to founding TrueCar, he initiated and was involved in other ventures. Painter was also an early advisor to Tesla.
TrueCar
In 2005, Painter founded TrueCar, Inc., which is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. TrueCar is a negotiation-free car buying platform. TrueCar provides car-buyers with a transparent insight into what other buyers have paid, upfront pricing information, and a network of TrueCar certified dealers.
In August 2015, Painter stepped down as CEO. He was replaced by Chip Perry as of Dec.15, 2015.
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Fair, Inc.
Painter’s later venture was Fair, Inc., an automotive financial technology company.
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Personal life
Scott Painter lives in Los Angeles with his wife; they have four children.
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- 1WikidataScott Painter on Wikidata
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- 9WikidataTrueCar, Chief executive officer