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Gulf States Toyota, founded in 1969, is a private distributor of Toyota vehicles in the United States. They are franchised by Toyota Motor Sales, USA to sell vehicles to car dealerships in the five states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. [ 3 ]
Thomas Friedkin was the son of Jean and Kenny Friedkin.His father was a combat pilot and trainer with the British Royal Air Force during World War II.After the war, his father opened Friedkin Aeronautics, a flight school in San Diego, California, [2] before founding Pacific Southwest Airlines in 1949 with a single leased DC-3. [3]
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. (TMS, also known as Toyota USA) is the North American Toyota sales, marketing, and distribution subsidiary devoted to the United States market. Founded in 1957 in California, TMS currently employs more than 6,500 people. As of spring 2017 Toyota moved to a new campus in Plano, Texas.
At age 35, Dan Friedkin was the CEO of Gulf States Toyota and Friedkin Group. [5] Since 2013, Friedkin has been chairman of Auberge Resorts Collection, a portfolio of luxury resorts, hotels and vacation properties in the U.S., Mexico, Costa Rica, Europe, Caribbean, and Fiji. [6]
Southeast Toyota Distributors is the larger of the two private distributors of Toyota vehicles in the United States. [14] [5] The other is Gulf States Toyota in Houston, founded by the late Thomas H. Friedkin. [15] Dealerships in the remaining areas of the United States are supplied by Toyota Motor Sales, USA. [14]
GST is the second largest of only two franchised Toyota distributors in the United States. [3] In 2021, Gulf States Toyota ranked 45th on the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies. [4] Gulf States Toyota Section - We suggest removing the content as this section is not needed once the name is changed to Gulf States Toyota.
On October 26, 1968, he entered into an agreement to distribute Toyota vehicles from the port in Jacksonville, Florida, to the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina. His Southeast Toyota Distributors (SET) was founded that year [12] and in 2006, distributed over 400,000 vehicles, 20% of all new Toyotas sold in the United ...
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