Robert Hollenshead

Robert started his wholesale operation in 1972 in Manheim, Pennsylvania, and has grown to become the largest independent wholesale car dealer in the world with annual revenues approaching $500,000,000. He has extensive experience in all phases of the wholesale industry and has a profound knowledge of the psychology of both sides of the business, wholesale and retail.

For over three decades, Robert has been buying (off the street), selling (by hand and in the auction lane), reconditioning, transporting, importing, and exporting used vehicles. And thinking about innovative ways to do it all better. Bob has developed many solutions for the industry, including the first Dealer Trade lanes, the first Exotic Sales in the country, Wreck Check, Bid the Load, and BuyBook Technologies.

Bob is a veteran of the Marine Corps and a graduate of Penn State with a degree in Marxist/Leninist economics. His passion is painting and sculpture, and he is the designer and custodian of the world-class Soledad Gardens, in Exton, Pennsylvania.