Daniel A. (Dan) Ninivaggi (born June 27, 1964) is an American lawyer and business executive. Ninivaggi served in various executive positions with Lear Corporation, a U.S.-based Tier 1 automotive supplier. He then served as President and CEO of Icahn Enterprises L.P., the principal investment vehicle of U.S. billionaire Carl C. Icahn, from 2010 to 2014.[1]From February 2014 to March 2017, Ninivaggi was Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, based in Southfield, Michigan, USA.[2] On March 8th, 2017 Ninivaggi assumed the role of managing partner of the automotive segment of Icahn Enterprises L.P., which owns Federal-Mogul. [3] He presently serves as CEO of Icahn Automotive Group LLC, owner of automotive distribution and service businesses, including Pep Boys, Auto Plus, AAMCO and Precision Tune. [1] Ninivaggi has served on the Board of Directors of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. since 2014.
In January 2017, Pep Boys acquired Just Brakes, a 134-store automotive repair and maintenance chain, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Pep Boys.[19] In March 2017, Dan A. Ninivaggi, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Federal-Mogul LLC and Chief Executive Officer of Federal-Mogul Motorparts, became the company’s new CEO.