- Joe Girard
Joseph Samuel Gerard, better known as Joe Girard, (born
November 1 ,1928 inDetroit, Michigan ) is an American salesman. He is recognized by theGuinness Book of World Records as the most successful salesman, selling 13,001 cars at aChevrolet dealership between 1963 and 1978.Girard worked from childhood on. A high school dropout, he held various jobs until, in 1963, the then thirty-five-year-old walked into a Detroit car dealership and begged a skeptical manager for a job as a salesman. He sold a car on his first day and, by the second month, was so good, some of the other salesmen complained and got him fired. His next job was at Merollis Chevrolet in
Eastpointe, Michigan , which he held until his retirement in 1977. There, he set consecutive sales records over a fifteen year period. He is currently a public speaker.Joe Girard now resides in
Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan .In 2001, he was inducted into the
Automotive Hall of Fame . [cite web |url=http://automotivehalloffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=182&type=inductees |title=Inductees - Joe Girard (1928 - ) |publisher=automotivehalloffame.org |accessdate=2008-09-28]Personal achievements
* Sold more retail "big ticket" items "one-at-a-time" than any other sales person in any retail industry including houses, boats motor homes, insurance, automobiles, etc.
*Listed in theGuinness Book of World Records as "World's Greatest Salesman" (This record has not been broken.)
*Averaged six new retail automobile sales a day (no used automobiles)
*Most new retail sales in one day (18 automobiles)
*Most new retail sales in one month (174 automobiles)
*Most new retail sales in one year (1425 automobiles)
*Most new retail sales in 15 year career (13,001 automobiles)
*All retail, no fleet or wholesale, never in managementPublications
*"How To Sell Anything To Anybody" (1977)
*"How To Sell Yourself"
*"How To Close Every Sale"
*"Mastering Your Way To The Top"References
External links
* [http://www.joegirard.com JoeGirard.com]
* [http://www.usdreams.com/Girard.html American Dreams]
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