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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Orange County:President, Michael Chadwick
Michael Chadwick, president
of the Shelly Automotive
Group, believes in hard
work and creating a great future –
this belief changed the trajectory
of his path in life and led him to
success.
In 1985, Michael Chadwick was
living in Honolulu working in the
restaurant business for 10 years.
As a bartender, he had grown
weary of the late hours and took
notice of the well-dressed men
coming in after their shifts at
Shelly Mazda, located just down
the street.
Mr. Chadwick formed relationships
with the team from Shelly Mazda,
and was easily enticed to give car
sales a try to gain a more normal
schedule with more possibilities
for professional growth and
success. “I’ve never been afraid of
hard work.”
It didn’t take long for Mr. Chadwick
to move from sales to finance and
into management. After several
“I want the industry
and market, and our
customer base and
employees to know,
we will do what it
takes to continue to
reinvent ourselves to
stay hopefully ahead
of that curve.”
years of continued success, Mr.
Chadwick was looking for bigger
opportunities and knew that
moving to the mainland would be
his next move. With impeccable
timing, this decision came at the
same time Damon Shelly, now
owner of the Shelly Automotive
Group, was purchasing his first
BMW dealership in Southern
California. That was the beginning
of a 30 year relationship between
Mr. Chadwick and Mr. Shelly,
that Mr. Chadwick endearingly
Photo Courtesy of RRMCOC
Michael Chadwick, President Of The Shelly Automotive Group And Rolls-Royce
Motorcars Orange County
describes as “so far so good.”
In 2013, as part of the growth
of the Shelly Automotive Group,
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Orange
County was purchased, bringing
the Rolls-Royce brand to the
Shelly Automotive Group. “I
think it’s the finest car built in the
world.” Mr. Chadwick said. “From
the beginning of the assembly line
it takes about 8 hours to build a
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