Scott Davis: UPS Top Honcho

The path to the top post can take different paths. Some individuals work for only one company and work their way to the top. Others are hired from other companies. For Scott Davis the company he worked for was bought by another larger firm which he eventually headed.

Scott was born in 1952 in Medford, Oregon. He is a certified public accountant having earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Portland State University. Scott graduated in 1974 and then worked for the accounting firm Arthur Andersen.

He worked for Oregon aviation technology company II Morrow where he served as chief financial officer and then CEO. United Parcel Service (UPS) acquired the company in 1986 which was also the formal entry of Scott into UPS.

A good leader always comes through and for Scott the acquisition only made him an invaluable asset to UPS. He held a number of top positions in UPS and joined the Management Committee in 2001. He finally became the head of one of the largest publicly-traded logistics companies in the world in 2008.

As chairman and CEO Scott has taken UPS to new heights and has over saw the rapid growth in international operations and supply chain and freight.