Think Big, Get Big

The Presidents' Forum of Boston
October 02, 2008

Scott Griffith
Chairman & CEO
Zipcar

Speaker Biography:
Scott Griffith—Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Zipcar—was appointed in February, 2003. Under Scott's leadership, Zipcar has emerged as the world's largest car sharing service, with more than 100% membership and revenue growth year to year. In the fall of 2007, Scott led Zipcar's merger with Flexcar, managing the integration of the companies' fleet, technology and membership base under the Zipcar brand and service.

Scott has solidified Zipcar's position as the leader of the car sharing industry, establishing a brand and customer experience that has drawn nearly two hundred thousand savvy urban residents and businesses on the go. By forging partnerships with some of the world's top brands and largest automakers, and developing relationships with transit agencies, universities and influential city and state governments, Scott has fostered the emergence of car sharing as a new transportation category, changing urban life by providing instant, affordable mobility in London, England and 25 North American states and provinces.

For his accomplishments at Zipcar, in 2006, BusinessWeek named Scott one of its “Best Leaders of 2006,” and he was the recipient of Babson College's ELiTE Award for entrepreneurship. As a leading authority on the benefits of car sharing and transportation issues, Scott has been interviewed by the world's top news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, New York Times, CNN, CNBC, USA Today, Associated Press, CBS-TV, FOX-TV, ABC World News Tonight and Time Magazine.

Prior to Zipcar, Scott held senior level positions at The Boeing Company, Digital Goods, a software and services firm, Information America, an Atlanta-based provider of online public record information, The Parthenon Group, a boutique business strategy and investment firm.

Scott earned his BS in engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

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