Thomas Moorehead,71, went against the better wishes of his parents, both Ph.D. recipients, and left his doctoral program to immerse himself into the world of the automobile business.
In an interview with The Chicago Crusader, Moorehead shared that he only had just a few credits and a dissertation left to graduate.
“Teaching was a guarantee of a long career, but I always had a passion for business,” said Moorehead.
His fraternity brother James Bradley of Bradley Automotive Group promised to make him a millionaire in five years if Moorehead were to take the risk, and the rest was history.
After a two-year apprenticeship with Bradley, mortgaging his home, and his savings, he entered a training program. Eventually, Moorehead needed his own dealership. He sold Buicks in Omaha, Nebraska.
His sales records and customer-first reputation enlisted an invitation from the holy grail of luxury cars, the always classic and elegant, Rolls Motor Cars, to join the exclusive club of only 33 dealers and 130 dealerships worldwide; making him the first African-American Rolls Royce dealer in U.S. history.
“These are the best cars in the world, and I’m honored to be able to bring them to my customers,” Moorehead tells The Chicago Crusader.
The new Rolls Royce Motor Cars of Sterling store is the only Rolls Royce dealership in greater Washington, D.C. It covers much of the mid-Atlantic – from Virginia to southern Pennsylvania.
