|
United Parcel Service
COMPANY
Founded in 1907 as American Messenger Company by two Seattle teenagers, Claude Ryan and Jim Casey, as a delivery service using bicycles. Company was renamed Merchants Parcel Delivery in 1913, with purchase of its first Model T and merger with another tiny service, Motorcycle Delivery Company. Became United Parcel Service in 1919. Moved headquarters to New York City in 1930, to Greenwich, CT in 1975, and to Atlanta, GA in 1991.
Official Website:
http://www.ups.com/
Industry:
Transport
Ticker:
NYSE:UPS
Corporate headquarters:
Atlanta, GA
Sales:
$42.6B (2005)
Employees:
400,000
EXECUTIVES
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
EMPLOYMENT
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Aristotle Balogh |
Business |
c. 1964 |
|
CTO of Yahoo! |
| Ron Carey |
Labor Leader |
22-Mar-1936 |
11-Dec-2008 |
Teamsters President, 1992-99 |
| John Edwards |
Politician |
10-Jun-1953 |
|
2004 Vice Presidential candidate |
| Gary Evans |
Criminal |
7-Oct-1954 |
14-Aug-1998 |
New York state burglar, serial killer |
| Kenneth A. May |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO of FedEx Kinko's, 2004-07 |
| Brian Nichols |
Criminal |
10-Dec-1971 |
|
Allegedly killed judge, deputy during escape |
| Jackson Publick |
Cartoonist |
14-Sep-1971 |
|
Co-Creator of The Venture Bros. |
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bill Paxon |
Politician |
29-Apr-1954 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1989-99 |
| Ed Rollins |
Government |
19-Mar-1943 |
|
GOP political strategist |
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Keith David |
Actor |
4-Jun-1956 |
|
DCI in Agent Cody Banks |
Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile
Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications
|
