John Ingram

John Ingram is Chairman of the Ingram Industries Inc. Board of Directors and Chairman of Ingram Content Group. He was named Chair of the Ingram Industries Board in 2008 after serving as Vice Chair since 1999.

Ingram joined Ingram Industries Inc. in 1986, serving as the Assistant Treasurer and President of Tennessee Book Company (which became part of Ingram Content Group in 2009). He later served as President of Ingram Book Company, Vice President of Purchasing for Ingram Micro Europe, Director of Purchasing for Ingram Micro Inc., and on the board of Ingram Micro Inc. from 1996 to 2016. In 2017, Ingram spearheaded the effort to bring Major League Soccer to Nashville. In December 2017, MLS awarded the city of Nashville a franchise team, Nashville SC, which debuted to a record crowd on February 29, 2020.

An active volunteer, he serves on the boards of Vanderbilt University, Montgomery Bell Academy, and The Harpeth Hall School and supports Vanderbilt Athletics and Currey Ingram Academy. He is Chair of the Tennessee Advisory Board of Western Governors University, Vice Chair of the Nashville’s Agenda Steering Committee, and Chairman Emeritus of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. In January 2011, he was Chairman of Tennessee Governor-Elect Bill Haslam’s Inaugural Committee.

Ingram graduated from Princeton University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1984. In 1986, he received his MBA from Vanderbilt University. He is married with four children.