Mr. Dominick Paul Zarcone, also known as Nick, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of LKQ Corporation since May 2017 and has been its Director since May 8, 2017. Mr. Zarcone served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of LKQ Corp. since March 30, 2015 until May 2017. Prior to joining LKQ, Mr. Zarcone served as the Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer of Baird Financial Group, a capital markets and wealth management company and certain of its affiliates from April 2011 to March 2015. Mr. Zarcone served as Treasurer of Baird Funds, Inc. - Baird Largecap Fund from April 2011 to March 2015. From February 1995 to April 2011, Mr. Zarcone served as a Managing Director of the Investment Banking department of Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated. From February 1986 to February 1995, he was with the investment banking company Kidder, Peabody & Co., Incorporated, as Senior Vice President of Investment Banking. He has over 25 years of expertise in investment banking and capital markets. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated from 2011 to March 10, 2015 and its Managing Director until March 10, 2015. He spent 16 years in Robert W. Baird & Co.'s Investment Banking Department, where he served as the Chief Operating Officer. He was responsible for managing the Investment Banking activities in the Services and Technology sectors and his client activities were primarily focused on providing M&A advisory and financing services to growth-oriented companies in the Business Services industry. His extensive transaction experience includes approximately 100 financing and advisory assignments, including public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisories. Prior to joining Baird in 1995, he spent nine years in the Investment Banking Group at Kidder, Peabody & Co., working with growth companies in service industries. Prior to joining Kidder, Peabody & Co., he spent five years with Beatrice Companies, Inc. in various financial capacities, the last of which was Manager-Treasurer for the International Food Segment. He has been Director of Generac Holdings Inc. since January 1, 2017. Mr. Zarcone is a member of the Board of Directors of Generac Power Systems, Inc. He has been a Director of Coast Distribution System Inc. since August 19, 2015. Mr. Zarcone received an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BS in Finance with highest honors from the University of Illinois.
LKQ Corporation is an American auto parts company. The company is focused on providing wholesale used and refurbished auto parts via its subsidiaries across the United States and the world.[2] As of 2014, it was a Fortune 500 corporation.[3] The company also operates facilities selling recycled automotive products.[4]
