AutoTrader.com Names William N. Templeton Chief Financial Officer
13 January 2000
AutoTrader.com Names William N. Templeton Chief Financial Officer
ATLANTA--Jan. 13, 2000--AutoTrader.com, the world's largest used car marketplace, today named William N. Templeton vice president and chief financial officer.Templeton, formerly vice president of development for Cox Broadcasting, will be responsible for finance, human resources and administration groups of AutoTrader.com. He will also manage the company's business development activities, including negotiations with major strategic partners and key vendor relationships.
"We are very fortunate to bring in a person of Bill's stature in the broadcasting and media industries as we continue our rapid growth in 2000," said Chip Perry, president and CEO of AutoTrader.com. "Bill's background as a financial executive and deal maker in broadcasting will translate extremely well into the automotive Internet space because we are leveraging and extending a number of traditional media product concepts and sales techniques within the AutoTrader.com marketplace business model."
Templeton brings more than 18 years experience in a wide range of financial management, business development and sales positions. Prior to serving as vice president at Cox Broadcasting, he served as manager of sales planning and syndication and controller for KTVU in Oakland, and as the Controller for WFTV in Orlando and WCKG in Chicago. He began his career as a auditor with Ernst & Young and joined Cox in 1980 as a member of the Internal Audit staff.
Templeton is a graduate of the University of Georgia where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting.
About AutoTrader.com
AutoTrader.com (www.autotrader.com) is the largest automotive classifieds marketplace and fundamentally improves the way people buy and sell cars by providing a comprehensive source of credible information and a selection of more than 1.5 million used vehicles for sale.
AutoTrader.com is the exclusive online distributor of the automotive listings contained in the Auto Trader(R) and AutoMart(R) print magazines of Trader Publishing Company. These magazines are distributed in more than 136,000 retail outlets with an estimated weekly circulation of 2.5 million copies. AutoTrader.com's investors include Cox Enterprises, Inc., Manheim Auctions, Inc., Automatic Data Processing, Inc. , Trader Publishing Company, Landmark Communications, Inc. and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.