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CEO, FISHER AUTO PARTS, STAUNTON
CEO, FISHER AUTO PARTS, STAUNTON
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Fisher Auto Parts, one of the nation’s largest automotive-parts retailers with 500 locations, is a family affair. Blair Coiner, Bo Fisher’s grandfather, founded the company in 1929 as a small auto-parts sales concern, and it grew under the leadership of Fisher’s father, Art, who died in 2004.
A James Madison University graduate, the younger Fisher joined the company in 1992 and was serving as president at the time of his father’s death. He was unanimously elected CEO and chairman of the board, and has led the company, which changed its name to Fisher Auto Parts in 1983, to tenfold, debt-free growth in the past two decades.
Fisher also serves as chairman of Federated Auto Parts, which Art Fisher founded. In that role, he created the Art Fisher Memorial Scholarship program for students in the automotive aftermarket industry, and the Art Fisher Memorial Award, which annually honors a member of Federated Auto Parts who has contributed to its success.
In November 2023, Northwood University honored Fisher as a leader in industry education during its annual Automotive Aftermarket Management Education Awards luncheon in Las Vegas.
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