Chuck Schumacher
Owner of the Schumacher family of dealerships, Chuck Schumacher has built a strong, highly respected business that carries some of the most popular names in the automobile industry. The Schumacher family of automobile dealerships has proudly served the Palm Beaches for over 34 years. Chuck Schumacher’s father, Richard Schumacher sold his dealerships in Chicago in 1971 and opened Schumacher Buick in West Palm Beach that same year. Within the first year, Schumacher became the number one Buick dealer in the state of Florida.

After his graduation from SMU, Chuck returned to Florida to open and operate the highly successful, Bayview Buick in Port Richey, Florida for his family. He soon returned to run the Palm Beach store and quickly lead the sales team to become the number one Buick dealer in the nation. With keen business acumen and an unrivalled reputation, Chuck continued to build the business adding Oldsmobile in 1989.
Chuck has served on various dealer advisory boards and counsels in his over 25 year career. He is past President of the State Buick Dealer Group and currently participates in Marketing Groups for each of his franchises and holds the office of President on every board. In addition, he is a Board Member of the Florida State Automobile Dealers Association and the South Florida Automobile Dealers Association.
Chuck and his wife Amanda are the proud parents of five children. Time with his family is his top priority. As a family, they enjoy travel, skiing, boating, golf and outdoor recreation.

Expanding the Business Chuck carried on the family tradition of ownership in 1997 when he personally purchased the current Northlake Boulevard location, offering Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, Pontiac and GMC Truck. He added Buick and Oldsmobile to that dealership shortly after. Schumacher became the Saab Dealer for Palm Beach County in 1998 and added Pontiac and Volkswagen at the West Palm location in 1999 and 2000 respectively. Infiniti and HUMMER have joined the group most recently.

Commitment to the Community the Schumacher Family of Dealerships employs over 425 people in the community. This award winning team has joined Chuck in earning some of the highest honors in the automobile business. They include the Buick Best in Class Award, Oldsmobile Elite, the General Motors Mark of Excellence and The Jack Smith, dealer of the Year Award. The organization has an ingrained philosophy about the community it serves. As important to Chuck as his customers are the opportunities he has through the Schumacher Automotive Group and his employees to demonstrate what a good corporate citizen and partner of the community means.
In addition to financial support, the family of Schumacher employees donates hundreds of hours of volunteer time and has, over the last 34 years, partnered with many organizations in their efforts for Palm Beach County, including the Boys and Girls Clubs, Easter Seals, the Red Cross, DARE, Stop Children’s Cancer, Hospice of Palm Beach County, the March of Dimes, the Boy Scouts, Youth for Christ, the Gathering of Men, and 1st Care. Schumacher was the originating sponsor and presenter of the Athena Award in Palm Beach County. The Athena Award is an international award that recognizes men and women who excel in their profession, give back to the communities in which they live and their support of women in leadership roles.

Focusing on families and children, education is a high priority. Support of local primary and secondary schools in the community is just the beginning. Local universities, including Northwood University and Palm Beach Community College, have benefited from the years of experience the Schumacher team offers. In 2002 under Chuck’s leadership, the organization was honored by the Florida State Commissioner of Education, Tom Horne with the Commissioner’s Business Recognition Award for the organizations contribution of facility, internship opportunities and the support of an automotive instructor at the Automotive Career Academy.
In the fall of 2003 Chuck received the inaugural Chairman’s Award of Excellence presented by the North Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, recognizing him for the contributions that he and the company have made, and continue to make, to Palm Beach County. Chuck and the organization were honored with the 2004 Business Athena Award, a national award presented to individuals and companies recognized for their professional accomplishments, philanthropic and community service, and for their unique initiatives to provide leadership opportunities for women.
Chuck was the recipient of the Northwood University Dealer Education Award in the spring of 2005 for his contributions to the education of the primary, secondary and post secondary students of our community. Most recently, Chuck was the recipient of the General Motors Dealer of the Year Award for the second time. The award was presented in New York City, where he was honored with 108 other General Motors Dealers from around the country.

Bio courtesy of imotors.com