{{Short description|American businessperson, TV host, and evangelical (born 1942)}} {{Infobox person | image = Barry Meguiar by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Meguiar in 2023 | name = Barry Meguiar | occupation = President of Meguiar's Inc.<br/>Former TV Host of Car Crazy<br>Founder of Revival Outside the Walls (ROTW) | television = Car Crazy | website = www.meguiars.com<br/>www.rotw.com | agent = }}

'''Barry James Meguiar''' (born July 24, 1942) in Pasadena, California was the President of Meguiar's, Inc., a California-based company of car care products founded in 1901.<ref name="Nascar Barry Meguiar Feature">{{cite web |url= http://browndigital.bpc.com/publication/index.php?i=67441&m=&l=&p=35&pre=&ver=flex |title= Nascar Pole Position: Fanatical Finish |work= Nascar Pole Position |publisher= Nascar |accessdate= April 30, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004556/http://browndigital.bpc.com/publication/index.php?i=67441&m=&l=&p=35&pre=&ver=flex |archive-date= May 2, 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref> and former host of Discovery's Velocity (TV Channel) series ''Car Crazy''.<ref name="Velocity Barry Meguiar Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/car-crazy/barry-meguiar-bio.htm |title=Velocity TV Show Host Barry Meguiar |work=Velocity homepage |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502003727/http://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/car-crazy/barry-meguiar-bio.htm |archivedate=May 2, 2014 }}</ref>

==Early life== Frank Meguiar Jr., Barry's grandfather, founded Meguiar's Inc. in the garage of his Indiana home in 1901.<ref name="Meguiar's Barry Meguiar Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.meguiars.com/en/heritage/about/ |title=Meguiar's Barry Meguiar Bio |publisher= |accessdate=April 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502013346/http://www.meguiars.com/en/heritage/about/ |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1913, Frank moved the business to Southern California, where the family focused on making products for the professional market.<ref name="Nascar Barry Meguiar Feature" /> Barry's father, Malcolm Meguiar, and his two brothers carried on the family business in 1950.<ref name="Nascar Barry Meguiar Feature" /> Barry's involvement at Meguiar's began in grade school and continued throughout college,<ref name="Meguiar's Caribbean Barry Meguiar Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.meguiarscaribbean.com/index.php?_room=5&_subRoom=26&_action=detail&_page=29 |title=Meguiar's Caribbean: Barry Meguiar Bio |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004909/http://www.meguiarscaribbean.com/index.php?_room=5&_subRoom=26&_action=detail&_page=29 |archivedate=May 2, 2014 }}</ref> when he served as the one-man accounting department generating $600,000 in annual gross sales.<ref name="OC Register: Car Wax King">{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/car-243823-meguiar-guys.html?page=2 |title= OC Register: Car Wax King Wants To Unite The World |work=OC Register |date= 14 April 2010 |publisher=David Whiting |accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref>

After graduating from college, Barry oversaw the company's relationships with GM, Ford, and Chrysler, and managed sales in the Eastern United States.<ref name="Meguiar's Barry Meguiar Bio" /> In 1969, Barry took Meguiar's products into the consumer marketplace.<ref name="Nascar Barry Meguiar Feature" /> Barry set out to create a new brand of Meguiar's products that targeted car enthusiasts.<ref name="Meguiar's Barry Meguiar Bio" /> After four years, Meguiar's Inc. launched its first consumer product, the Meguiar's Liquid Cleaner Wax, at the 1973 APAA Show in Chicago.<ref name="Meguiar's Barry Meguiar Bio" />

Barry led a grassroots program to sell his products at car shows,<ref name="Meguiar's Caribbean Barry Meguiar Bio" /> which grew into the international marketing campaign that became the backbone of Meguiar's global brand.<ref name="Meguiar's Barry Meguiar Bio" />

==Career== In mid-1990, Barry created ''Car Crazy'', a television show for auto enthusiasts that showcases interviews with celebrities and other "car crazed" enthusiasts.<ref name="Meguiar's Barry Meguiar Bio" /> Soon after its debut in August 2000,<ref name="TV Guide: Car Crazy">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/car-crazy/347599 |title= TV Guide: Car Crazy |publisher= |accessdate=April 30, 2014}}</ref> Barry created a radio show of the same name, which emulated the television show and was syndicated to approximately 100 stations throughout the U.S. by Talk America Radio Networks.<ref name="Car Sound & Performance">{{cite web |url=http://www.carsound.com/news/archives/3_30_101_3.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010417063552/http://www.carsound.com/news/archives/3_30_101_3.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2001 |title=Car Sound & Performance: Car Crazy |accessdate=April 29, 2014 }}</ref>

''Car Crazy'' TV Show was the longest-running show on Fox's Speed Channel,<ref name="Nascar Barry Meguiar Feature" /> an all-motorsports network since 1995.<ref name="Charlotte Observer: Speed Channel">{{cite web |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/03/06/3895085/speed-channel-to-become-all-sports.html#.U2GCtoGIB8E |title=Charlotte Observer: Speed Channel |work=Charlotte Observer |publisher=Mark Washburn |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032158/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/03/06/3895085/speed-channel-to-become-all-sports.html#.U2GCtoGIB8E |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was moved to broadcast through Discovery's Velocity Channel, with the ending broadcast date around 2008, when Meguiars was acquired by the 3M Corporation.<ref name="Velocity TV Shows: Car Crazy">{{cite web |url=http://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/car-crazy |title=Velocity TV Shows: Car Crazy |publisher= |accessdate=April 30, 2014}}</ref>

In 2008, Meguiar's Inc. was acquired by 3M,<ref name="Meguiar's 3M Press Release">{{cite web |url=http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?27025-NEWS-RELEASE-3M-to-Acquire-Meguiar-s-Inc |title=Meguiar's 3M Press Release |date=8 September 2008 |publisher= |accessdate=April 30, 2014}}</ref> a Fortune 500 company.<ref name="CNN Fortune 500 List">{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2012/snapshots/284.html |title=CNN Money: Fortune 500 List |work=CNN Money |publisher= |accessdate=April 30, 2014}}{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Health and illness=== In 2010, Barry was admitted to a hospital, where he spent the next 17 days in critical condition.<ref name="OC Register: Barry Meguiar out of hospital with second lease on life">{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/meguiar-564861-ocregister-hospital.html |title=OC Register: Barry Meguiar out of hospital with second lease on life |work=OC Register |date=10 September 2010 |publisher=Matt Degen |accessdate=April 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Auto Week: Barry Meguiar released from hospital">{{cite web |url=http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100901/carnews/100909990 |title=Auto Week: Barry Meguiar released from hospital |work=Auto Week |publisher=Dale Jewitt |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002731/http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100901/carnews/100909990 |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was diagnosed with a rare strain of viral pneumonia<ref name="Sports Car Market: Monterey Hospital Goes Car Crazy to Save Barry Meguiar's Life">{{cite web |url=http://www.sportscarmarket.com/news/news/2564-monterey-hospital-goes-car-crazy-to-save-barry-meguiar-s-life |title=Sports Car Market: Monterey Hospital Goes "Car Crazy" to Save Barry Meguiar's Life |work=Sports Car Market |date=September 2010 |publisher=Jim Pickering |accessdate=April 30, 2014}}</ref> and was placed in an induced coma battling life-threatening conditions.<ref name="OC Register: Barry Meguiar out of hospital with second lease on life" /> He made a recovery within 24 hours of intensive care and the illness subsided as quickly as it had arisen.<ref name="OC Register: Barry Meguiar out of hospital with second lease on life" />

==Revival Outside the Walls== Revival Outside the Walls (ROTW) was founded by Barry Meguiar in 2011 as a non-clergy, lay-led ministry.<ref name="Revival Outside the Walls Homepage - About">{{cite web |url=http://www.rotw.com/content/about |title=Revival Outside the Walls Homepage - About |publisher= |accessdate=April 30, 2014}}</ref> ROTW serves as an evangelical Christian organization that operates in respect to the traditional church. ROTW has a mission to serve as more of a resource than a ministry<ref name="Revival Outside the Walls Homepage - About"/> and is dedicated to providing tools for intentional faith sharing. ROTW has 60 second radio segments, the "60 Second Recharge," <ref name="Ambassador Advertising: ROTW">{{cite web|url=http://www.ambassadoradvertising.com/our-partners/revival-outside-walls/|title=Ambassador Advertising: ROTW|accessdate=April 30, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140501075932/http://www.ambassadoradvertising.com/our-partners/revival-outside-walls/|archive-date=2014-05-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> and features video resources to support the need for evangelism. Latest guests featured on the website include Brent Garrison, Director of CEO Relations at CEO Forum, and Dr. James Dobson, Founder of Christian radio channel Family Talk.<ref name="Revival Outside the Walls Homepage - Videos">{{cite web |url=http://www.rotw.com/content/video |title=Revival Outside the Walls Homepage - Videos|publisher= |accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref> apple

===Religious involvement and recognition=== * Pt. Loma Nazarene University's Alumnus of the Year * Church Board Member, Secretary, Treasurer and Chairman * General Council of the Assemblies of God's Layman of the Year * Chairman of Lay Ministries for the Assemblies of God * Chairman of David Wilkerson's World Challenge Board of Directors * Founder/President, Revival Outside the Walls

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==External links== * [http://www.meguiars.com Meguiar's homepage] * [http://www.rotw.com Revival Outside the Walls homepage]

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