Owner of the Schumacher family of dealerships, Chuck Schumacher has built a strong, highly respected business that carries some of the most popular names in the automobile business.
The Schumacher family of automobile dealerships has been proudly serving the Palm Beaches for 35 years. Chuck’s father, Richard Schumacher sold his dealerships in Chicago in 1971 and opened Schumacher Buick in West Palm Beach that same year. Within the first year, Schumacher became the number one Buick dealer in the state of Florida.
Growth of the company
After his graduation from SMU, Chuck returned to Florida to open and operate the highly successful, Bayview Buick in Port Richey, Florida for his family. He soon returned to run the Palm Beach store and quickly lead the sales team to become the number one Buick dealer in the nation. With keen business acumen and an unrivalled reputation, Chuck continued to build the business adding Oldsmobile in 1989.
Chuck carried on the family tradition of ownership in 1997 when he purchased the current Northlake Boulevard location, offering Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, Pontiac and GMC Truck. He added Buick and Oldsmobile to that dealership shortly after.
Chuck became the Saab Dealer for Palm Beach County in 1998 and added Pontiac and Volkswagen at the West Palm location in 1999 and 2000 respectively. Infiniti and HUMMER have joined the group most recently.
An award winning team
The Schumacher Family of Dealerships employs over 450 people in the community. This award winning team has join Chuck in earning some of the highest honors in the automobile business.
·Saab Unlimited
·Volkswagen Circle of Excellence
·HUMMER Master Dealer - Mark of Excellence
·Mitsubishi Diamond Elite
·General Motors Fleet Elite
·General Motors Mark of Excellence – Pontiac
·General Motors Mark of Excellence – Buick
·General Motors Mark of Excellence - GMC
·Buick Best in Class
·General Motors Dealer of the Year
Community Service
Giving back to the community is an important part of the core values of the Schumacher family. It is important to Chuck has through Schumacher Automotive and his employees to demonstrate what a good corporate citizen and partner of the community means.
In addition to financial support, the family of Schumacher employees donates hundreds of hours of volunteer time and has, over the last 35 years, partnered with many organizations in their efforts for Palm Beach County, including the Boys and Girls Clubs, Easter Seals, the Red Cross, DARE, Stop Children’s Cancer, the March of Dimes, Youth for Christ, the Gathering of Men, and Hospice of Palm Beach County.
Focusing on families and children, education is a high priority. Support of local primary and secondary schools in the community is just the beginning. Local universities, including Northwood University and Palm Beach Community College, have benefited from the years of experience the Schumacher team offers.
Recognition
In 2002 Chuck was honored by the Florida State Commissioner of Education, Tom Horne with the Commissioner’s Business RecognitionAward for the organizations contribution of facility, internship opportunities and the support of an automotive instructor at the Automotive Career Academy.
In the fall of 2003 Chuck received the inaugural Chairman’s Award ofExcellence presented by the North Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, recognizing him for the contributions that he and the company have made, and continue to make, to Palm Beach County.
Chuck and the organization were honored with the 2004 Business AthenaAward, a national award presented to individuals and companies recognized for their professional accomplishments, philanthropic and community service, and for their unique initiatives to provide leadership opportunities for women.
Chuck was the recipient of the Northwood University Dealer EducationAward in the spring of 2005 for his contributions to the education of the primary, secondary and post secondary students of our community.
Chuck was the recipient of the General Motors Dealer of the Year Award for the third time in 2006. The award was presented in New York City, where he was honored with 108 other General Motors Dealers from around the country.
Chuck was inducted into the Junior Achievement BusinessHall of Fame and recognized as their Pioneer Laureate for 2006.
In February 2007, Chuck received the Time Magazine Quality DealerAward. The Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award is the automobile industry’s most prestigious award for automobile dealers, recognizing their success and their demonstration of a long standing commitment to effective community service.
