Kayne Grau - Owner and CEO @ United Transportation

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Primary Job Title Owner and CEO
Primary Organization
United Transportation

Location Bensenville, Illinois, United States
Regions Greater Chicago Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US
Gender Male

Investor Stage
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Website kaynegrau.com
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Kayne Grau is based out of Bensenville, Illinois and is the Owner and CEO of United Transportation. Prior to United Transportation, he held various senior executive roles with Uptake, KAR Global (now OPENLANE), DRIVIN, and other Chicago-based companies. Kayne is a board member of Breakthrough T1D, Project HOOD, and Buildout and an active angel

investor with various SaaS companies.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Kayne Grau

has

current jobs as

Owner and CEO

United Transportation

and

Investor

Veryable

. Additionally,

Kayne Grau

has had

past jobs including

Chief Executive Officer

CarNow

United Transportation Owner and CEOMay 2025
Veryable InvestorJul 2017

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
CarNow	Chief Executive Officer	Sep 6, 2023	Jan 2024
Uptake Technologies	Board Member	Oct 2021	2024
Uptake Technologies	Chief Executive Officer	Oct 2021	Sep 2023
DRIVIN	Co-Founder & CEO	May 2015	Apr 2017
Openlane (formerly KAR Global)	President, Co-Founder & CEO	Jan 2015	Apr 1, 2017
Music Dealers	President, Board Member, and Investor	May 2014	Apr 2015
Apartments.com	Vice President and Chief Technology Officer	2012	May 2014
Apartment Home Living	Principal	2012	May 2014
Cars.com	Chief Technology Officer	2008	2012
Allstate	Senior Manager, Internet Marketing Technology	2006	2008

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Kayne Grau

holds

board and advisor roles as

Board Member

Breakthrough T1D

and

Board Member

Buildout

Breakthrough T1D Board MemberJun 2022
Buildout Board MemberFeb 2021

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
CarNow	Board Member	Sep 6, 2023	Jan 2024

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Illinois Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K)	3,703
Allstate Alumni Founded Companies	93,681
Uptake Technologies Alumni Founded Companies	96,874
Transportation Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	4,403
Midwestern US Transportation Companies	8,120
Illinois Companies With Less Than $1B in Revenue (Top 10K)	3,207
Greater Chicago Area Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)	2,877
Transportation Companies With Less Than $50M in Revenue (Top 10K)	3,947
Freight Service Companies With Less Than $1B in Revenue (Top 10K)	7,671
Illinois Companies With Less Than $10M in Revenue (Top 10K)	4,665

Education

Kayne Grau

studied at

National-Louis University

National-Louis University Bachelor's degreeBusiness Management