When Obi Okeke first came to the United States, he
was a 5 year old refugee escaping the Nigerian Civil
War. Obi and his mother moved to Ohio, while his
father stayed behind in Nigeria to continue fighting.
After the war was over, his family returned to Nigeria
where his family's circumstances had improved
significantly. Okeke was even able to attend a private
high school in Switzerland where he discovered his
love of European cars. Obi says that his teachers
knew he would end up in the car business by the time
he was just 15.
After he graduated from high school, Okeke came
back to the United States and spent some time
studying at Northeastern University in Boston,
Massachusetts. At 21 years old, Obi bought a BMW
323i Alpine, and was able to turn around and sell the
car for a hefty profit. He then got into the car
business and worked for Chevy, Dodge, Volkswagen,
Lexus, BMW, and Mercedes.
Okeke served as the general manager of the Ferrari-
Maserati dealership in Calabasas, California for six
years. In 2012, he co-founded Fusion Luxury Motors
in Los Angeles, with Yoel Wazana. Fusion brands
itself as a specialty dealership and gears itself
towards car collectors. Fusion Luxury Motors sells a
wide range of cars, that are typically valued as low as
$50 thousand and as high as $5 million.
While many dealers get their cars from auctions,
Okeke says he has never gone that route. He gets
almost all of his inventory from private parties and a
small portion of it from dealers. Obi says that he has
" been very fortunate to build a deep client
database for finding cars." At first, his dealership
could only display five cars, but a year after opening,
they moved into a large showroom that can house 45
vehicles.
What sets his dealership apart from others is that he
doesn't have to worry about moving cars off the lot
quickly, so they don't lose value. "My cars aren't
dropping in value. They're going up." he said. Many
of his $1 million plus cars sit there for 6 to 18
months, although he did sell a $1.9 million
Koenigsegg in less than a month.
Okeke doesn't have a lot of celebrity clients, although
he said they do sometimes come in to look around.
Okeke has developed a strong relationship with
Mayweather, who stops in once a month to see what
cars are available. Floyd's most recent purchase was
the $4.8 million Koenigsegg CCXR Triveta that we
mentioned previously. Some of the other top-dollar
cars he has sold to Mayweather include a $3.2 million
2003 Ferrari Enzo which he later sold through
Fusion, for $3.8 million. In total, Floyd has purchased
an astounding 40 different vehicles from Okeke!
Obi Okeke has become a fixture in the luxury
automobile industry. He is surrounded daily by
million dollar cars, but says he doesn't collect them
himself and is satisfied just being around them and
helping people find their dream cars.
I guess the lesson here is if you're gonna be a car
dealer, you might as well be a ultra high-end dealer
AND have a friend like Floyd Mayweather!

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