Dave Habiger is one of the most popular and richest American businessman who was born on February 19, 1969 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. David Habiger (born February 19 1969) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is currently acting as the President and CEO of J.D. Power.
He was honored in 2011 when he was recognized as one of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He was also honored in 2008 when he was selected to be one of the Corporate Leader’s under-40 business elites. He frequently is an industry expert for major media outlets such as: CNBC, CNN, USA Today, Thestreet.com, and Bloomberg TV. The Hollywood Reporter chose him as one of the 2010’s Digital Power 50. Between March 2009 and March 2011, He was in charge of an increase of 2388% in the value of Sonic’s stock when the company redesigned its core business. It also won the Emmy Award for “technical contributions to the film and television industry.” Sonic was transferred Sonic the company to Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) in the beginning of 2011 for the price of 66%, which is less than $1 billion after adjustments to the company’s stock. He is an active part of the National Association of Corporate Directors and is also an affiliate of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and for the Center for Corporate Innovation. Since 2012, he was also serving as a board member , and later as the chief executive officer of Textura Corp. (NYSE: TXTR) up to its July 2016 acquisition by Oracle.
He was named president and CEO of J.D. Power on March 21, 2018, with the objective of continuing to aggressively build and enhance the company’s data and analytics and customer insights leadership.
In 2019, he hosted a discussion with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak at the Auto Revolution 2019 event, where Wozniak – an avid proponent for self-driving vehicles – explained that true “Level 5” autonomy, in which cars are completely self-driving, is still a long way from mainstream commercialization.
Habiger was involved with electric vehicles since the early 2000s. He has owned numerous electric vehicle-related businesses. He was chairman of the Electric Vehicle Commission under Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration. He is an active participant in the Society of Automotive Engineers.
