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Terry Karges is the Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum.
In his first year at the Petersen, Terry introduced vault tours, monthly cruise-ins, adult education programs, movie nights and specialty car events. He has helped to increase overall attendance, creating new events that engage the people of Los Angeles and the global automotive community.
Before joining the Petersen, Terry was a senior manager in automotive OEM, motorsports and theme park entertainment divisions, including Disneyland, Marine World and Sea World. His leadership background with automotive manufacturing firms includes Roush Performance, where he spent 17 years helping grow the company into the largest specialty high performance car brand in the world. There he also managed sales, advertising, new media, web development and vehicle packaging. Prior to Roush, Terry enjoyed ownership of Karges Sport where he emphasized motorsports marketing and ran his own race team.
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SUCCESS QUOTE
“How bad do you want it? What are you willing to do?” – Sean Connery in The Untouchables
“And if you didn’t like today’s news, go out and make some of your own.” – Saturday Night Live
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
After twelve years of working 24/7 Terry found himself burned out and in need of a career change. Listen and find out how simply looking at the photos on his walls helped him find a new and exciting career.
AH-HA MOMENT
Terry figured out what he was best at in the racing game and transformed those skills in to success. Listen to find out exactly how he generated a new career for himself.
FIRST SPECIAL AUTOMOBILE
A 1958 Porsche Speedster
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Bobby Unser – “Speed cost money. How fast do you want to go? This fast, this fast or this fast?”
FAVORITE RESOURCE
Car Stories from the Petersen Museum – www.carstories.com
FAVORITE BOOK
Supreme Allied Commanders of WWII – Charles River Editors
PARTING ADVICE
Pursue what you love.
HOW TO FIND TERRY
You will find Terry at www.petersen.org
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I know Terry for 30 plus years and I know him to be the quintessential car guy. It is no wonder he is where he is and the success he has had can be attributed to his uncanny ability to use history to formulate plans for the future. Peterson has the right guy in the right spot. Kudos!
Ron J
New Jersey
Dear Ron,
We were wondering if you could assist us in reaching Mr Karges, we have a beneficial proposal to his museum.
Thank you!!
Magdalena Przygon
admin@motorcode.com