Steven Anthony Davis (born 1958/1959-June 10, 2022[1]) 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.
Background
editThe 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 career
editDavis 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."[2]
He is on several boards of directors, including those of Marathon Petroleum and Walgreens.[3]
Personal life
editDavis lives in New Albany, Ohio, with his wife Lynnda. They have three daughters.
References
edit- ↑ Moorman, Taijuan. "Former Bob Evans CEO Steven Davis dead at 64". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ McConnell, Kitty. "Q&A: Bob Evans' CEO Steven Davis" Columbus CEO March, 2014
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