Founder & Chief Executive, NXCR Holding Co. Inc., dba Autonomy

Painter has a long history of integrating digital technologies and new business models into the world of automative sales. His latest venutre is NXCR Holding Co. Inc., which rebranded as Autonomy shortly after acquiring the brand of the same name from Micro Focus International in November. Earlier this year, the Santa Monica-based company launched a vehicle subscription service for the Tesla Model 3, which it plans to expand to six states by the end of 2022. A serial entrepreneur, Painter co-founded vehicle pricing and information platform TrueCar Inc. in 2004. He later co-founded digital leasing company Fair Financial Corp. in 2016 and served as CEO until 2019.

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