Larry H. Miller Ford Lincoln Mercury Sandy

 Larry Miller purchased his first dealership in Murray, Utah.  It opened on May 1st, 1979, as Larry H. Miller Toyota.  

Larry H. Miller...husband, father, grandfather, entrepreneur, philanthropist, community advocate, and humanitarian, passed away February 20, 2009, from complications of type 2 diabetes.  He was 64.

Larry, a man who truly loved Utah, its people and its land, was born in Salt Lake City in April of 1944.  From modest beginnings, he grew up in the Capitol Hill area, graduated from West High, married his high school sweetheart, Gail, and went on to become one of Utah's most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders...as well as a Hall of Fame softball pitcher!

A tireless worker with a knack for the minutest details, Larry's career in the automotive industry began about age 21.  A recreational drag racer in his spare time, he had come to know the owners of a small auto parts store.  They were looking for someone with experience to work the counter.  Larry had no experience but told them, "I'm a fast learner.  If you hire me, you'd feel good about it!"  He swept floors, stocked shelves, made deliveries, answered the phone, and worked the counter.  Possessing something of a photographic memory, his uncanny ability to remember numbers became legendary. For five years he served as a counter man at various auto parts stores while playing top-level softball competition.  When he was recruited by a softball team in Denver with the promise of a job as a Toyota parts manager, he and Gail moved to Denver in the fall of 1970.

Larry wasn't just good at delivering service and parts; he was world-class.  His store became the highest volume Toyota parts dealer in the nation.  Larry eventually became operations manager over five car dealerships.  However, when the owner of the dealership wanted to reassign Larry elsewhere in the company...Larry decided it was time to strike out on his own.  Returning to Salt Lake City...he bought his first car dealership, drawing up the contract on a place mat in a restaurant!  
 
Throughout the '80s, '90s and beyond, he acquired a number of automobile dealerships in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Idaho. With 39 dealerships, the Larry H. Miller Automotive Group is one of the largest car dealers in America.  Today, Larry H. Miller Ford Lincoln Mercury serves the greater Salt Lake County and beyond.  In this Internet age...we have served clients throughout not only the USA, but five of the seven continents of the world.  

Through the years, Miller amassed more than 80 businesses and properties in the western United States.  Most notable are the Utah Jazz, Energy Solutions Arena, the Salt Lake Bees, Miller Motorsports Park, and Megaplex Theatres.  The entities Miller created have had a significant and lasting impact on the communities in which he does business, and the more than 7,000 individuals he employs.