Roger Penske is the owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses.

He also is one of the corporate directors at General Electric and was chairman of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan. He was previously on the board of Home Depot and Delphi Automotive before resigning to chair the Detroit Super Bowl Committee. He is a 1959 graduate of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania where he was also a member of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta.