A longtime resident of greater Salisbury, NC, Samuel “Sam” Ketner has been serving area residents as the co-owner of the Auto House of Salisbury since establishing the automobile dealership in 2008. He attended Salisbury’s Catawba College on an athletic scholarship, studying business with a concentration in marketing at Ketner School of Business. His collegiate accomplishments among many include establishing Catawba College’s first and only business fraternity, Pi Sigma Epsilon, which attracted more than 100 members in its inaugural year. He graduated from Catawba in just three years, despite the exceptional demands on his time created by his competing as a varsity soccer player, peer leader, and business scholar.
Sam Ketner embarked on his automotive career after short tenures as a Finance Manager for Cloninger Ford and Toyota in Salisbury, NC,Parkway Ford in Winston-Salem, NC and Capital Ford in Raleigh NC. Since creating the dealership in Salisbury with his partner Nathan "Nate" Brown, he has built a reputation for offering low-cash-margin pricing and exceptional customer service. Sam Ketner and Nathan Brown expanded into the Mooresville market in 2014 by opening a second dealership there with a $5,000,000 state of the art facility.
