CVNA Chief ExecutiveWhat Ernest Garcia III says in public, and what their own SEC filings show they own.
CEO, President & Chairman · Carvana Co.
Co-founded Carvana in 2012. Led the company from startup to largest online used car retailer. Son of Ernest Garcia II (major shareholder).
III owns about 38% of Carvana Co., worth $6.18B at the last close.
Score = stake band (35) + founder (15) + tenure (10) + track record (15) + 12-month direction (−10…15) + filing discipline (10). Every input links to a filing or to the career file; the bands are ours.
| Security | Held via | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Class B Common Stock | Direct | 34,442,317 |
| Class B Common Stock | See Footnote | 11,952,000 |
| Class B Common Stock | Ernest C. Garcia III Multi-Generational Trust III | 11,952,000 |
| Class B Common Stock | Ernest Irrevocable 2004 Trust III | 11,834,021 |
| Class B Common Stock | ECG II SPE, LLC | 8,000,000 |
| Class A Comon Stock | Direct | 2,737,500 |
| Class A Common Stock | Ernest C. Garcia III Multi-Generational Trust III | 950,000 |
| Class A Common Stock | Ernest Irrevocable 2004 Trust III | 850,000 |
| Class A Common Stock | See Footnote | 100,000 |
| Reported as of 2025-08-13 | 82,817,838 | |
| Company | Role | Reported | Beneficial | % of class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVNA CARVANA CO. This page | Director | 83M 2025-08-13 |
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Reported is every lot on the person's own Forms 3, 4 and 5 — direct and through trusts. Beneficial is the figure stated on the latest Schedule 13D/G cover page, which can exclude shares the person disclaims and include options exercisable within 60 days, so the two are never added together.
569 filings under CIK 0001017608 · captured 2026-09-05 · All filings on EDGAR ↗
6 recorded appearances
Garcia wrote that Q2 marked 10 straight quarters as both the fastest-growing and most profitable automotive retailer, and repeated that execution — scaling the supply-side 'machine' — is the main driver of results from here, not demand.
Watch or read →He used cycle-time records — a full sell-to-resell vehicle lifecycle in under five days — to argue Carvana's vertical integration compounds, delivering a 6th straight quarter of 40%+ unit growth.
Watch or read →Garcia broke down the drivers of revenue growth after quarterly results and reiterated that Carvana still holds a low single-digit share of the U.S. car market.
Watch or read →The full-year letter lays out annual results and Garcia's long-run framing of the path toward 3 million retail units a year.
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A long, investor-audience conversation on how Carvana survived its near-death 2022, how Garcia thinks about capital structure and vertical integration, and why he measures the business by execution rather than market conditions.
Watch or read →Garcia noted Carvana crossed a $20B annual revenue run rate for the first time with 44% unit growth against roughly zero growth for public dealer peers, and flagged reconditioning capacity already built for 1.5m units.
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