Company: Triad Financial Corp. Location: Huntington Beach, CA Phone: (714) 373-8300   Visit Website

Gerald Ford, Chairman of Triad Financial Corporation, has an extensive track record of success within financial services, particularly specialty auto finance. Most recently, Mr. Ford is the former chairman of the board, CEO, and a principal shareholder of Golden State Bancorp, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, California Federal Bank, FSB, a Federal Savings Bank that was sold to Citigroup in 2002 for $5.4 billion. Mr. Ford began Golden State with the acquisition of First Nationwide from Ford Motor Credit in 1994. While operating Golden State, Mr. Ford and his team acquired CalFed and its subsidiary, AutoOne, leading to their participation in the sub-prime auto finance industry. Mr. Ford is currently the chairman of the board of directors of First Acceptance Corporation, a retailer and underwriter of non-standard personal automobile insurance, a position he has held since 1996.

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