Josh D’Agostino, Director, New Business Development, Genuine Parts Company/NAPA AUTO PARTS
Josh D’Agostino, Director, New Business Development, has been associated with the Genuine Parts Company/NAPA AUTO PARTS family for more than 10 years. Today, he is focused on new business development efforts.
Josh is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government. After graduating, he worked as a headhunter with an Executive Search Firm in Austin, Texas focused on the high technology industry. In November of 2002, he began his relationship with Genuine Parts Company/NAPA serving as the National Account Manager for GreatAmerica Financial Services, the largest privately held small ticket leasing company in the nation.
After joining Genuine Parts Company/NAPA in July of 2007, Josh has dedicated his efforts to creating an awareness of the NAPA store ownership opportunity on a nationwide basis. His goal is to generate a pipeline of qualified prospects for new stores, changes of ownership, and the purchase of select company owned stores. He currently supports a team of 18 New Business Development Managers across the company, and has helped the team open more than 500 new NAPA stores, complete more than 550 changes of ownership, and sell more than 250 company owned stores in the past six years. In addition, Josh leads the competitive acquisitions effort for NAPA, and has been heavily involved with the company’s financial partners. Josh also helps oversee the Growth Capital Program, Genuine Parts Company’s sponsored lending program that carries an outstanding portfolio balance in excess of $185 million.
Josh recently served as President of the Board for Inman Park Cooperative Preschool, and currently serves as Organizational Vice President for Congregation Shearith Israel. He and his wife Annie live in Atlanta and have three children, Elena, Sari, and Mira.