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Scott Ginsburg


Scott Ginsburg (born October 6, 1952) is the owner of Boardwalk Auto Group. Ginsburg also serves on the Board of Directors of Sizmek Inc., a worldwide digital media company (SZMK) listed on the NASDAQ.

From 1971 until 1981, Ginsburg worked in the US Congress while attending college and law school. He worked for two Iowa Congressmen: U.S. Congressman John C. Culver and U.S. Senator Dick Clark. From 1975 until 1981, Ginsburg worked in a professional capacity of Staff Director and later as Staff Director and General Counsel of the U.S. Senate Labor’s Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor. He also worked for the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Social Security and Medicare. U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin chaired both of these Subcommittees. In 1981, Mr. Ginsburg left his employment with the U.S. Congress and began a career in private industry.

From 1981 until 1983, Ginsburg formulated a business plan to enter the radio broadcasting industry. In 1983, Ginsburg acquired his first radio station and founded Statewide Broadcasting. From 1983 until 1987, this station group expanded from AM and FM radio stations in three Florida cities to include large markets such as Dallas and Chicago. In 1987, Ginsburg and Cecil Heftel formed H & G Communications, and added Los Angeles, Chicago and Honolulu radio stations in the group. In 1988, Ginsburg established Evergreen Media Corporation, which focused on the nation’s largest media markets. Ginsburg took the company public in 1993.

In 1997, Ginsburg co-founded Chancellor Media Corporation (NYSE: AFM), with Tom Hicks of Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst. Chancellor Broadcasting merged with Evergreen Media Corporation. Ginsburg served as Chancellor’s CEO and director. From 1987 until 1998, the radio group headed by Ginsburg moved from the 25th ranked radio group, as measured by Miller Kaplan revenue reports, to become the top billing radio group in the United States.


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