Steven Anthony Davis (born 1958/1959-
une 10, 2022 is an
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
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business executive from
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, formerly the
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of
Bob Evans Restaurants, and former president of
Long John Silver's and
A&W Restaurants.
Background
The 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
, mottoeng = To value the better things
, established = 1937 ( years ago)
, type = Private university
, religious_affiliation = Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Roman Catholic)
, endowment ...
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
Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...
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 career
Davis 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."
He is on several
boards of directors
A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...
, including those of
Marathon Petroleum
Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil until a corporate spin-off in 2011.
Following it ...
and
Walgreens.
Personal life
Davis 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.
Quirk, Kathy. "Bob Evans CEO honors his Milwaukee family with UWM scholarship" ''uwm.edu'' November 20, 2014
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References
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
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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