Winning Spirit Magazine January-February 2016 | Page 21

GAIL MILLER and KIM WILSON Owner and Chairman of the Board, Larry H. Miller Group of Companies Gail Miller is owner of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies and is Chair of the Board of Directors of Larry H. Miller Management Company. Gail and her late husband, Larry, started in business with a single Toyota dealership in 1979. The Larry H. Miller Group of Companies has grown to include 55 car dealerships throughout the West, the Utah Jazz, the Salt Lake Bees, television and radio stations, theatre complexes, sports apparel stores, and a variety of other automotive, financial, sports and real estate companies. The greater than 80 separate businesses within the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies employ more than 10,000 people. Gail and Larry created a strong legacy of giving back to the communities in which they do business. Gail presides over the Larry H. Miller Education Foundation, Larry H. Miller Charities and the Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation which support a wide range of charitable, educational, and humanitarian causes. Gail gives freely of her time and is actively involved in many other business, civic and educational endeavors. She is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Salt Lake Community College and serves on the National Advisory Council at the University of Utah and the President’s Leadership Council at Brigham Young University. She is Co-Chair of the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Commission on the Homeless and serves on the Board of Trustees of Intermountain Healthcare and the Board of Directors of Zions Bank. Her many public recognitions include an honorary Doctor of Humanities from Weber State University, a Doctor of Humane Letters from Salt Lake Community College, and the Salt Lake Chamber’s highest award “A Giant in Our City.” In 2012, Gail married Kim Wilson. Kim is a senior attorney with one of Salt Lake City’s oldest law firms, Snow, Christensen and Martineau. He is engaged in a number of professional and civic endeavors and is founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees of Ensign Peak Foundation and Mormon Historic Sites Foundation. Gail and Kim enjoy their combined family of nine children, 34 grandchildren and 11 (and counting) great-grandchildren. 12