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Client Spotlight - Graye H. Wolfe, Sr.
When Graye H. Wolfe, Sr. sold his Idaho-based Golden Rule Dealership Group (Wolfe Automotive, Inc.) in 1997, he was the youngest CEO of a company its size in the U.S. automotive industry.
Graye was also among the most experienced, as he joined his father’s business at age ten, and worked while carrying out assignments of increasing responsibility for one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest dealership groups.
Graye was appointed his first dealership in 1983, at age 22, becoming the youngest General Motors dealer ever franchised in the U.S. Graye took over the entire dealership group when his partner/father passed away unexpectedly in 1993. Within four years, he added four additional dealerships and franchises, bringing his total to ten rooftops and 14 franchises. The dealership group was Idaho’s 6th largest private employer and Idaho’s highest volume new car dealership group.
Since the dealership group sale in 1997, Graye formed and operated a successful consulting company, Performance Improvement Concepts, Inc., specializing in the development, growth, and business practices of numerous multi-franchise dealers across the country. His experience and ability to assist dealers to not “reinvent the wheel” resulted in great results for these dealer groups.
His career with Portfolio started in 2002 and has been very successful. Under Graye and his team, they formed and manage over 500 Portfolio dealer reinsurance companies for dealers across the U.S. Graye is able to articulate the specific benefits of reinsurance to the dealer, the dealer’s family, and dealership, explaining the benefits of building personal wealth by owning their own Portfolio reinsurance company. Graye is a frequent speaker at NADA and NCM Dealer 20 Groups, several large dealer banks, and JD Powers & Associates. He resides in his home state of Idaho with his wife Brenda and their 4 adult children. Graye is an avid and experienced pilot and enjoys hunting and fishing in the Northwest.
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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
In 2017, wildfires swept through Sonoma County causing roughly 90,000 people to evacuate their homes, with many homes destroyed. At our annual client event that year, we announced a donation to the Habitat for Humanity of Sonoma and had a speaker from the organization present the work that will be done with donations to their organization. Many clients were moved by the work of this great charity and pitched in as well.
On Saturday, August 10th, Karp Capital volunteered in Sonoma County to aid in the effort to complete these homes so these new residents will finally have a new place to call home.
MEMBERSHIPS
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (SFTLA) promotes civil justice through education and trial advocacy. For over fifty years, SFTLA has served the needs of the plaintiff’s bar.
Delivering over 100 programs annually, the association is dedicated to connecting human resources professionals with practice resources, leading California-specific training, legal and legislative developments.
The Sausalito Chamber of Commerce Promotes, Represents & Supports Sausalito Businesses and Residents Providing Referrals, Networking & Marketing Opportunities.
The National Association of Plan Advisors, an affiliate organization of the American Retirement Association, was created by and for retirement plan advisors.
CHARITIES WE SUPPORT
Becoming Independent — also known as BI — helps people with developmental disabilities live meaningful and productive lives. We are a nonprofit community benefit organization serving Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties with a purpose of elevating human abilities for the mutual benefit of our Community.
The Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center (WDDC) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit program, in the San Francisco Bay Area, empowering women and children to move from the streets to a home by providing ongoing and intensive counseling, case management services, daily support groups, a comprehensive children’s program, a variety of referral services, and a transitional housing program for four single parent families.
Headlands Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary, international arts center dedicated to supporting artists; the creative process; and the development of new, innovative ideas and artwork. Headlands artists programs support artists of all disciplines—from visual artists to performers, musicians, writers, and videographers.
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) was established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors, under the leadership of John Klein z’l, to provide for education and wellbeing of the men and women who serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as well as the families of fallen soldiers.
Venetia Valley School Foundation to help access desperately needed resources. The families of Venetia Valley do not have the resources to pay for necessary programs. The future of these kids requires investment and the vision and generosity of individuals and foundations keyed in to changing demographics.
WITH 25+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY, THE KARP TEAM IS UNCOMPROMISING IN THEIR COMMITMENT TO HELP YOU REACH YOUR INVESTMENT GOALS.
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