![]() | ![Scott Livengood]() Scott Livengood |
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![]() | | DESK ESSENTIALS | One book: A journal
One newspaper: The Winston Salem Journal
One favorite Web site: Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville -
One gadget: #1 -- A Krispy Kreme doughnut machine #2 -- A Technivorm coffee maker #3 -- A wine tool attached to a wine cellar #4 -- A sand wedge |
| KRISPY KREME FACT BOX | ![]() Founded: 1937 Headquarters: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Operates 310 stores across the U.S., as well as selling to supermarkets, with 3,913 employees. Produces 2.7 billion doughnuts a year in 25 varieties, including the best-selling "Krispy Kreme Hot Original Glazed". Larger stores can produce 120,000 doughnuts a day. In 2003 opened first store in Europe at Harrods in London. Also has stores in Canada, Mexico and Australia. They say: The hot light is on! |
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What are you reading?
'Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays' by Stephen Hawking.
Who's been your biggest influence?
Other than my family, Joseph Campbell.
What's your biggest mistake?
Of those I would admit, it would be underestimating the popularity of Krispy Kreme when we began to expand outside the southeastern United States.
Is management an art or a science?
It is an art that employs science.
What do you reach for on your desk when the fire alarm goes off?
Pictures of my family and friends.
Curriculum Vitae
Born: 1952 in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Started working for Krispy Kreme in 1977 after graduating from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, becoming a director in 1994.Served as president since 1992, Chief Executive Officer since 1998 and Chairman of the Board since 1999.Guided company through its greatest period of expansion, including an initial public offering in 2000 and the development of overseas markets.A member of the Board of Visitors of the University of North Carolina and serves on the executive committee of the University's Educational Foundation. Also a member of the Board of Visitors of the Babcock Graduate School of Management of Wake Forest University. He says: "I grew up with Krispy Kremes and even had a Krispy Kreme birthday cake for my 16th birthday. So I am a fan for life, and I can't wait to get my first doughnut every day I come to work."
Sophia Edwards 
