User:Jjay911/Jeff Johnson (Car collector)

Jeff Johnson(the Car collector) Is know as flamboyant car collector not afraid to own operate and drive just about any car you can think of.

Early life
Jeff Johnson was born in St Paul Minnesota to Curt Johnson and Sally Snow in October 1973. His Father was a College president and Civic Leader in Government. After his Parents separated in 76 Jeff moved to Carrolton Texas to live with his mother and be near other family members. His mother remarried and started an Insurance agency and a Cattle business in the early 80s. Jeff went to Several High schools in the North east Texas area. Jeff was also nominated Whos who in American high schools. Prior to inlisting in the U.S. Navy he also spent some time in Minneapolis at De Lasalle Private school.

Career
Jeff started out collecting cars at an early age buying his first car at the age of 15(1989) using money he got from the sale of 3 cattle that started out as 1 cow. Growing up on both a ranch and in the city developed a wide range of social and business skills. At first it was just one. But early on Jeff developed the desire and need to try something new or different. The first car was nothing special just a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass. Just basic transportation for about 1500 dollars. The buy and enjoy philosophy has enveloped his lifestyle ever since. After the Oldsmobile met its fate at the hands of an ill driven Golf Cart at hand of Jeff himself he purchase a Ford Taurus. After wrecking that car 3 times in one summer he decided that Front wheel drive cars were not his forte. Then came a 1982 Mazda RX7. Then a second, Then a third, All this time he had been working as a buss boy part time...So early on he had developed the savvy negotiating skills necessary not to bury himself in each car. Until finally his poor mother decried "It looks like a Mazdathon in the drive way" Jeff eventually left the nest for the U.S. Navy (1993) where he worked on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier for 4 years. Traveling the world and seeing the sights as well as serving his country in many Missions including Desert Shield. Jeff's Passion for cars continued. The Navy allowed Jeff to sand bag money since most of his expenses were curbed. Jeff purchase Several interesting sports cars while in the Service. Fiats, Alfa Romeos and even a Classic Porsche 911 RS were all amongst his collection before he was even 23 years of age. After the service he decided to try his hand at selling car for a living going to work in Oakland for a Volkswagen Dealership. (1997) Then in 98 He was hired by Daewoo Motor America as one of there marketing directors. Jeff was the only non college graduate to be accepted on the team. More than 1400 people were interviewed for about 30 positions. Then in 2000 Jeff began working for JpMorgan Chase in the home lending business. Here he used his marketing and sales skills to become very successful in that area. During this time his car collecting continued where he amassed no less than 10 cars at any one time. And never a dull one in the group from Jaguars, Mercedes, Ferrari as well as a few nobody ever heard of. Some of his car endeavors are recorded in publications such as Autoblog.com or Audamotive.com [[Media:http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=227f02619ae92f3cb93bf60ef&id=ad670be1ac&e=b443c68253]]to name just a few. To date Jeff has owned approximately 120 cars. At the age of 36 that is some feat. Some have even said that Jeff is crazy. He once purchased four cars in one day. Thats not the crazy part. All four cars were 1976 Lancia scorpions.[[Media:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuDrtaEhKZw]] Jeff attends a lot of automotive events each year including. Concorso Italiano, Barrett Jackson Auctions, SEMA in Las Vegas, and many other car shows and charity drives each year. Just imagine what the next 20 years will bring. When asked what are his favorite cars Jeff replied "The ones that run" And if you seen some of the recent cars you would understand his position. They include the Famous Amphibious Fiat [[Media:http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/18/ebay-find-of-the-day-amphibious-fiat-850-barchetta/]]that is now in the Amphicar museum in Germany. He also has an interesting collection of Fiats from the late 60s to the early 70s. At any one time Jeff has about 5 cars the some state of Restoration. He fancies himself a Car rescuer. Jeff Currently is a Senior VP at a Wealth Management company in Newport Beach California.

Personal Life
Jeff married his wife Mary in 2006 and they a have a daughter Emma born in 2008.