If I recall, the co-founder is an ex long-term AutoNation guy.
I believe that's Kevin Westfall, who co-founded Vroom with 2 others. Before Vroom he was a SVP at AutoNation.
One of the other co-founders (Marshall Chesrown) also worked at AutoNation in the 90s, but then he became a land developer and went bankrupt if I'm not mistaken.
The third was the son of Marshall Chesrown the land developer. The three of them started it, but it didn't become "Vroom" until venture capital came in to transform them.
What I don't really understand is the relationship between Vroom and RumbleOn, since Marshall founded and runs RumbleOn, which sounds like a Vroom competitor. I believe Kevin Westfall is also on their Board, but I don't believe they actually share technology with Vroom? Looks like the founders exited Vroom to try again as a technology platform?
investors.rumbleon.com
Another thing I just noticed is Texas Direct says "Powered by Vroom". When did Vroom buy Texas Direct?
In December 2015, the company acquired Texas Direct Auto, a Houston-based company founded in 2002 that is now owned by Vroom but operates as a separate brand.