Brock Thompson is a forward-thinking automotive finance and technology entrepreneur focused on transforming how consumers, dealerships, and financial institutions approach vehicle leasing. As Founder and CEO of Ridero, Brock is building technology and financial infrastructure designed to make used-vehicle leasing more accessible, scalable, and economically viable across the automotive retail landscape.

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Drawing on his background in real estate private equity with Carlyle and Amherst, Brock brings an institutional investment perspective to automotive finance. His experience in underwriting, structured finance, and asset-level risk modeling provides a distinctive foundation for addressing one of the industry's most significant opportunities: unlocking the potential of residual-based financing while improving affordability for consumers and performance for dealers and lenders.

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Through Ridero, Brock is advancing technology that combines residual value modeling, automated underwriting, market intelligence, and dealership workflow integration. His approach helps dealers present more affordable payment options, enables financial institutions to explore new leasing opportunities, and supports more informed risk assessment across new and used vehicle portfolios.

 

As VP & Strategic Advisor: Leasing – Vehicles with The Lion Partnership, Brock brings valuable insight into the intersection of automotive retail, financial services, and technology. His perspective helps LION partners identify opportunities to modernize vehicle leasing, strengthen strategic relationships, and develop solutions that create measurable value throughout the automotive ecosystem.

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Brock shares The Lion Partnership's commitment to challenging conventional thinking, fostering meaningful collaboration, and advancing customer-centric innovation. By connecting the right people, processes, and technologies, he is helping shape a more flexible, data-driven future for automotive finance... one that benefits consumers, dealerships, lenders, and the industry as a whole.