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Ex-Nissan Chief Bob Thomas Dies
Bob Thomas Bob Thomas, CEO of Nissan Motor Corp.'s U.S. operations between 1993 and 1997, died last week in Hawaii after a brief illness, Automotive News reports.
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Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas, CEO of Nissan Motor Corp.'s U.S. operations between 1993 and 1997, died last week in Hawaii after a brief illness, Automotive News reports. He was 69.
Thomas spent a decade in sales with Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln-Mercury unit before joining Nissan in 1982. While there, he pushed for new products, including fullsize pickup trucks.
After leaving the Japanese carmaker, he joined the then-startup AutoNation dealership chain. Later he served as CEO of Edmunds.com, the online auto data service.