How the Ben Mynatt family built a 50-year legacy of service in Cabarrus County

From Ben Mynatt’s dream of owning a dealership to a multigenerational family business rooted in community service, the Mynatts’ story is inseparable from the story of Cabarrus County.

Ward Childress with his mother, Cyndie Mynatt, beside a portrait of his grandfather and company founder, Ben Mynatt. Photo credit: Chris Miller.

For Cyndie Mynatt, the secret behind her family’s success over the past 50 years has never been just the cars they’ve sold.

As the Ben Mynatt Family of Dealerships celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, she points instead to something less tangible: the welcoming community that embraced her family when they first arrived in Concord in 1976 and has continued to support them ever since.

That support inspired Cyndie, along with her parents, Ben and Grace Mynatt, to make giving back as much a part of the family business as selling vehicles.