Paul Corvino talks with Chris Paz, CEO of Trophy Automotive Group, on this week's Southern California CEOs You Should Know! Listen to the interview:
Trophy Auto Group has proudly served the Los Angeles community for over a decade, operating five premier auto dealerships throughout LA (Mercedes of Encino, Mercedes of Valencia, Universal City Nissan, Kia of Carson and Kia of Downtown LA. Kia of Downtown LA is currently building (probably) the largest, most glamorous indoor Kia service and showroom in the world! It’s 4 stories tall and 40,000 square feet per floor. 160,000 square feet! Coming soon.
Chris was born and raised in Southern California and is married with kids. He stumbled into the car business in 1998 and grew into a sales manager by 2000, then continued to grow through jobs at multiple dealerships until he became General Manager at MB of Valencia in 2017. Chris took over as COO of Trophy Automotive in 2018 and has been market President since 2021. When he's not busy being the CEO of Trophy Automotive, you can probably find him on the. golf course or on the pickleball court!