JASON LEWIS AUTOMOTIVE
Nobody ever got a harvest by
simply looking into afield and
snapping their fingers. The field
has to be worked, seeds need to
be planted, and a lot of in-between
stuff has to be done, some
folks inherit an established business,
but they still have to work
the ground to maintain the harvest.
Others, however, start with
nothing more than a little ambition.
Jason Lewis started off with
a gut feeling that the car business
was something that he would
enjoy doing. He had a friend
working at a car dealership selling
cars and was inspired. He
tried getting a job selling cars at
the dealership where his friend
was working but it wasn't until
a new owner bought the dealership
that he was hired. That was
in 1998.
"I was about to quit at first,"
Jason said as he was remembering
those humble beginnings.
"It took me 7 days to sell my
first car. It was the 6th day and
I thought, well, this isn't gonna
work for me. I was going to quit.
But then on day 7, I sold one. In
the rain! I even remember what
kind of car it was." From there,
Jason learned all he could about
the car industry and worked just
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about every position available at
a dealership, including working
in the business office and
as a sales manager. By 2005, he
worked as a dealership's general
manager in Crossville, his
hometown.
By May 2015, Jason became
the co-owner of one of
the Upper Cumberland's leading
dealerships: Bill Boruff Supercenter.
With the Bill Boruff
name still on the door and still
offering popcorn to customers,
Jason began making some new
goals. It was just a few month's
ago that a major shift took place
and Jason bought out his partners
and is currently introduc-
By Belinda Elsberry