# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/penske-automotive-group-q1975799/

U.S. founder reference library

# Penske Automotive Group

international transportation services company

## Company context

The public record describes Penske Automotive Group as international transportation services company. Its recorded founding year is 1990.

Public business description

international transportation services company

Country in source record

United States

Founding year in source record

1990

## Recorded founders

- [Roger Penske](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/roger-penske-q172155/) · American racecar driver
- [Marshall Cogan](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/marshall-cogan-q6773516/) · American businessman

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## Understanding Penske Automotive Group in context

Penske Automotive Group is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “international transportation services company,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 1990. The source links 2 people in this library to the founding team. Each has a separate profile, which makes it possible to follow the people behind the business without treating one founder as its sole owner.

No official website has been confirmed in this reference record. Use the source trail to distinguish the business from similarly named organizations before contacting it. A founding year describes a historical event; it does not measure business scale, growth, or the length of a founder’s continuing involvement.

## Research context: Service businesses

For a service business, the useful research question is what the organization delivers and to whom. An agency, consulting firm, staffing provider, or logistics company may work under project, recurring, or transaction arrangements. A short directory description does not establish the firm’s present specialties, customer relationships, or capacity.

### Questions for researching Penske Automotive Group

- Which current service pages define the work a customer can actually purchase?
- Does the company history connect the founding team to the same organization named in the reference record?
- Which public case studies or announcements help explain the business without assuming private client or revenue information?

This sector context is a reading guide based on the company’s recorded description. It does not attribute a particular business model or capability to Penske Automotive Group without supporting evidence.

This reference library documents public founding associations. It is separate from our revenue-qualified growth profiles. Founding does not establish current ownership, employment, company revenue, or an AE client relationship.

## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q1975799](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1975799): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.

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