MIAMI, FL — August 18, 2026 — (NOTICIAS NEWSWIRE) — Negocios Magazine announced that Fernando Arellano-Geddes, CEO & Partner of PowerHouse Automotive Group, will be among the distinguished business leaders recognized during the 2026 Top Entrepreneur of USA Awards, which will take place on Thursday, October 8, at the EB Hotel Miami.
Arellano-Geddes will receive the special “Automotive Leadership & Business Excellence Award,” recognizing more than three decades of experience in the automotive industry, his international expertise, his ability to lead large-scale organizations, and his new entrepreneurial chapter at the helm of PowerHouse Automotive Group.
Arellano-Geddes’ professional career includes leadership positions with automotive brands and organizations, followed by the management of major automotive retail operations in the United States. During a previous stage of his career, he led an organization that grew to operate 22 dealerships across Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, representing 16 automotive brands.
A New Chapter with PowerHouse Automotive Group
Today, Arellano-Geddes leads PowerHouse Automotive Group, a new automotive retail organization that has embarked on an accelerated growth strategy in the Southeastern United States.
PowerHouse began this new entrepreneurial chapter with four Ford dealerships in Southwest Georgia: Ford Albany, Ford Americus, Ford Cordele, and Ford Sylvester, and has since added Chevrolet Sylvester. From its earliest months, the organization has focused its strategy on developing strong leadership teams, strengthening operations, and building a corporate culture based on transparency, service, and meaningful connections with the communities in which it operates.
An evening dedicated to business leadership
The 2026 Top Entrepreneur of USA Awards will bring together approximately 120 entrepreneurs, CEOs, executives, investors, and professionals for an awards dinner and ceremony organized by Negocios Magazine.
The event will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2026, in the Ballroom at the EB Hotel Miami.
“For Negocios Magazine, it is a true honor to recognize Fernando Arellano-Geddes, an executive and entrepreneur with an extensive international career in the automotive industry who is now beginning a new chapter with PowerHouse Automotive Group. Fernando represents experience and leadership, as well as the ability to embark on a new entrepreneurial journey and build an organization with a renewed vision for growth,” said Eduardo Hapke, Publisher of Negocios Magazine.
Through this distinction, Negocios Magazine seeks to highlight not only Arellano-Geddes’ achievements throughout more than three decades in the automotive industry, but also his ability to begin a new entrepreneurial chapter and develop an organization with a growth strategy that is already beginning to deliver results.
About Negocios Magazine
Negocios Magazine was founded in 2013 by journalist Eduardo Hapke and attorney Karen Blanco, with the goal of developing a communications platform focused on entrepreneurs, executives, business owners, and business leaders throughout South Florida and the U.S. Hispanic market.
The magazine is published in both print and digital formats and also operates NegociosMagazine.com, a digital platform featuring business news, interviews, executive profiles, and content related to business, finance, technology, investments, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
Negocios Magazine further expands the distribution of its content through international digital platforms such as PressReader, in addition to maintaining an active presence across social media and organizing a variety of business events.
The publication is part of Acta Diurna Urbis Group Corp., a Miami, Florida-based media group that develops publications and platforms serving different market segments, including Ejecutiva Magazine, Welcome to America, Salud & Buen Vivir Florida, Hispanic Time, and Electric Cars Plus.
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