Leadership Matters: Penske Focuses on Customers

Roger Penske's two passions are clear -- racing and business. Not only has he been successful in both arenas, Penske has been able to integrate the two.

If you don't know much about the proposed soon to be owner of GM's (GMGMQ Quote) Saturn brand, Penske is the owner of Penske Racing, chairman and CEO of Penske Corp., founder of Penske Logistics, corporate director at General Electric (GE Quote) and the head of Penske Automotive Group (PAG Quote), the second-largest publicly traded automotive retailer in the United States.

The man knows his business, and I had the opportunity to talk to him a few months ago about his perspective on leadership. ...