| 词条 | Steven Davis (executive) |
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Steven Dale Davis (born 1958/1959) is an American business executive from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, formerly the CEO of Bob Evans Restaurants, and former president of Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants. BackgroundThe youngest of five children of Henry and Dolores Davis, African-Americans in Milwaukee who never had the opportunity to attend a college or university (Dolores had to decline a scholarship to Cardinal Stritch College in order to attend to her sickly mother), Davis graduated from Messmer High School (Milwaukee), and in 1980 received a B.A. in business administration from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (all four of his older siblings had also graduated from UWM). He went on to earn his M.B.A. at the University of Chicago. Business careerDavis worked as an executive at Kraft Foods for nine years, and Pizza Hut/YUM! Brands for 14 years. In 2005, Black Enterprise magazine named him one of the "75 Most Powerful Black Men in American Business."[1] He is on several boards of directors, including those of Marathon Petroleum and Walgreens.[2] Personal lifeDavis lives in New Albany, Ohio with his wife Lynnda. They have three daughters. In 2014, Davis was given the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award. At a November ceremony, it was announced that Davis and his family had funded a scholarship in memory of his parents, to provide support for other first-generation minority university students.[3] References1. ^Meeks, Kenneth. "The Most Powerful African Americans In Corporate America: Meet 75 executives who hold tremendous clout in the world of business, including the 18 who earned CEO positions" Black Enterprise February 1, 2005 {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Steven}}{{US-business-bio-1950s-stub}}{{US-CEO-stub}}2. ^McConnell, Kitty. "Q&A: Bob Evans’ CEO Steven Davis" Columbus CEO March, 2014 3. ^Quirk, Kathy. "Bob Evans CEO honors his Milwaukee family with UWM scholarship" uwm.edu November 20, 2014 12 : Businesspeople from Milwaukee|American chief executives of food industry companies|University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni|University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni|Businesspeople from Ohio|African-American business executives|American business executives|People from New Albany, Ohio|Living people|20th-century American businesspeople|Year of birth uncertain|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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