Primary Job Title Board of Director Primary Organization 
Sonic Automotive
Gender Male
R. Eugene Taylor has been a director of Sonic since February 2015. Mr. Taylor has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Bank Financial Corp. ("CBFC"), a bank holding company, since co-founding CBFC in 2009. Prior to co-founding CBFC, Mr. Taylor spent 38 years at Bank of America Corporation and its predecessor
companies, most recently as Vice Chairman of Bank of America and President of Global Corporate & Investment Banking. After retiring from Bank of America, Mr. Taylor served as a Senior Advisor at Fortress Investment Group LLC. Mr. Taylor currently serves on the boards of directors of CBFC and Capital Bank, N.A., CBFC's operating bank subsidiary ("Capital Bank"). Mr. Taylor was previously a director of Capital Bank Corporation, Green Bankshares, Inc. and TIB Financial Corp., each of which CBFC held controlling interests in prior to their merger into CBFC.
