Ft. Lauderdale

JT Taylor was raised and educated in the Midwest near Detroit by a family passionate about all things automotive.

Upon graduation from the University of Cincinnati, he entered the car business at a specialty auto engineering firm, Hess & Eisenhardt Co. He was recruited a few years later to join Toyota Motor Sales where he led the product planning team for Toyota in North America. As the third person on the Lexus payroll, JT was part of the initial Lexus planning and rollout team. After the launch of Lexus in the US and rapid promotions at Toyota, JT rose to become an operating partner in a number of successful dealerships and worked with Joe Gibbs Racing, Southeast Toyota Distributors, and has advised several automotive technology companies in a variety of automotive opportunities.

In 2014, JT was asked to join The Presidio Group where he headed their investment banking practice for Automotive Retail. In 2019, JT came to SunTrust Robinson Humphrey (now Truist Securities) where he built the Automotive Retail practice within the Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group.

JT and his wife, Christie, reside in South Florida and Western North Carolina. They enjoy their six adult children, ten grandchildren, serving at their church and travelling. He is a devoted motorsports fanatic and will go to a race of anything with four wheels and a motor.