January 20, 2005
Whitley Auditorium, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Scott Livengood is the Chairman of the Board, CEO and President of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
Under his leadership, Krispy Kreme has been transformed from a regional wholesale doughnut company to a nationally recognized and leading retailer of premium quality doughnuts. Today, Krispy Kreme produces approximately 7.5 million doughnuts a day and more than 2.7 billion doughnuts a year. Livengood came to Krispy Kreme as a human resources trainee in 1977. He became president in 1992, CEO in 1998 and chairman of the board in 1999. He has guided the company through its greatest period of expansion, developing markets across the U.S. with more than 380 stores, expanding into Canada, Mexico, Australia and the United Kingdom, and leading the company through an initial public offering in April 2000. In 2001, Livengood was named Executive of the Year by Restaurants & Institutions magazine.