William Ligon

Founder at

SureAuto Corp.

75 year

86 connections

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Technology Services

Retail Trade

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William Austin Ligon was the founder of SureAuto Corp.
(2008) and CarMax, Inc. (1993) where the title held was Director in 2006.
Current jobs include Non-Executive Chairman at Gazelle Systems, Inc. since 2011 and Director at Rev.com, Inc. Former jobs include Non-Executive Chairman at Gazelle, Inc. (2011-2012), Director at Panera Bread Co. (2008-2009), Director at University of Virginia Investment Management Co., Independent Director at Redfin Corp.
(2010-2025), Director at CarTrade Tech Ltd., Senior Vice President-Strategy at Circuit City Stores, Inc. (1991-1995), Senior Vice President-Strategy at Host Marriott Corp., and Senior Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group Ltd. (1980-1983).
Education includes a graduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin (1978), an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin (1973), and an MBA from Yale School of Management (1980).

William Ligon active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Gazelle Systems, Inc. Gazelle Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides customer relationship management solutions	Chairman	2011-04-12
Rev.com, Inc. Rev.com, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops speech-to-text technology platform for recording, transcribing and analyzing speech	Director/Board Member	-
SureAuto Corp. SureAuto Corp. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Retails used cars	Founder	2007-12-31

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Former positions of William Ligon

Companies	Position	End
REDFIN CORPORATION	Director/Board Member	2025-06-30
PANERA BREAD CO	Director/Board Member	2009-06-04
CARMAX, INC.	Founder	2006-08-21
Circuit City Stores, Inc. Circuit City Stores, Inc. Electronics/Appliance StoresRetail Trade Retails consumer electronics	Corporate Officer/Principal	1994-12-31
The Boston Consulting Group Ltd. The Boston Consulting Group Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consulting services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Private companies	14
Circuit City Stores, Inc. Circuit City Stores, Inc. Electronics/Appliance StoresRetail Trade Retails consumer electronics	Retail Trade
Host Marriott Corp. /Old/ Host Marriott Corp. /Old/ Hotels/Resorts/Cruise linesConsumer Services Owns and operates full service hotels	Consumer Services
Panera Bread Co. Panera Bread Co. RestaurantsConsumer Services Operates as a fast casual restaurants	Consumer Services
CarMax, Inc. CarMax, Inc. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Operates as a holding company whose subsidiaries retails and finance used motor vehicles	Retail Trade
Redfin Corp. Redfin Corp. Real Estate DevelopmentFinance Provides real estate brokerage services	Finance
Gazelle, Inc. Gazelle, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Offers an online electronics trade-in service	Technology Services
Gazelle Systems, Inc. Gazelle Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides customer relationship management solutions	Technology Services
The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Virginia Investment Management Co. University of Virginia Investment Management Co. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous University of Virginia Investment Management's employs leverage and derivative securities, both directly and within funds, only to the extent that the aggregate risk of the pool is not increased beyond that which would be allowed by the policy portfolio without using leverage or derivatives. The most direct form of leverage is borrowing but many other strategies, structures, funds, and derivative securities produce similar results and therefore imply leverage.	Miscellaneous
CarTrade Tech Ltd. CarTrade Tech Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates an online marketplace for new and used vehicles	Technology Services
The Boston Consulting Group Ltd. The Boston Consulting Group Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consulting services	Commercial Services
SureAuto Corp. SureAuto Corp. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Retails used cars	Retail Trade
Rev.com, Inc. Rev.com, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops speech-to-text technology platform for recording, transcribing and analyzing speech	Technology Services
Yale School of Management Yale School of Management Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services