2022 Remarketing Executive of the Year Darrin Aiken on fleets, fast bikes & family

Darrin Aiken, a recent college graduate at the time, had been working for Kmart at local stores in his area of Illinois for about a year in the 1980s, and decided to make a go at selling cars — a potential career he had been eyeing for some time.

So, like any young entrepreneurially minded and passionate individual, Aiken donned a suit, walked into an Oldsmobile dealership with resume in hand and told the store’s general manager he was interested in moving metal.

“He looked at me and said …