John R. Ingram, MBA

John R. Ingram is the Chairman of the Board for Ingram Industries Inc., a role he assumed in 2008 after serving as Vice Chairman of the Board since 1999. He is also Majority Owner of Nashville’s Major League Soccer Team, Nashville SC.

Mr. Ingram is a graduate of Princeton University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1984. In 1986, he received his Master of Business Administration from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Mr. Ingram joined Ingram Industries Inc. in 1986, serving early in his career as the Assistant Treasurer and also as President of Tennessee Book Company (which became part of Ingram Content Group LLC in 2009). He later served as President of Ingram Book Company, Vice President of Purchasing for Ingram Micro Europe and Director of Purchasing for Ingram Micro Inc. He served as a member of the Ingram Micro Inc. Board of Directors from 1996 to 2016

In 2017, as lead investor, Mr. Ingram spearheaded the effort to bring Major League Soccer to Nashville. In December of that year, the MLS Board of Governors awarded the city of Nashville an expansion team, a huge success for the city and Nashville soccer fans. Nashville Soccer Club opened their brand new, 30,000 person stadium–the largest soccer stadium in the United States–on May 1, 2022. Also in 2022, Mr. Ingram was named Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Tennessean of the Year for his efforts to further the cause of athletics across the state.

He continues to be active in a number of other civic, educational and charitable causes. He is a member of the Board of Trust for Vanderbilt University and Board of Directors for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is also a member of the Board of Trust for Montgomery Bell Academy. He actively supports Vanderbilt Athletics and Currey Ingram Academy. He is Chair of the Tennessee Advisory Board of Western Governors University and the Tennessee Business Leadership Council.

Mr. Ingram is married with four children.