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A broken radio led him to used televisions. A Houston truck lot led to Nasdaq. Along the way, W. Marvin Rush built a dealership network around the people who kept customers moving.

Velosio started with thousands of customers and decades of experience. Its co-founder and founding CEO, Jeff Geisler, wanted a larger company that still understood the businesses it served.