Scout CEO Scott Keogh headed to uncharted territory
For Keogh, who became CEO of VW of America in November 2018 and was handed a challenging mandate to double the VW Group’s collective US market share to 10 percent by 2028, the appeal of effectively building a startup from scratch without the normal investor and sourcing woes was, to say the least, appealing.
“For me, a kid from Long Island, it was, frankly, just too good to pass up. It’s something I very much want to do, it’s something I’m passionate about, and certainly something I’m going to try my darnedest to achieve,” Keogh told reporters in a brief conference call.
“Most startups are borrowing money; you’re down in Dad’s basement, Mom’s bringing down some scrambled eggs, and you do the best you can,” the two-time Automotive News All-Star said. “I think the upside is yes, we want them to be lean, we want to be fast, we want