David Shapira
David S. Shapira is an American businessman. He is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Giant Eagle, Inc.[1] He joined the company in 1971 and has been President and CEO since 1980.[2] Until 2009, he was the chairman of Carnegie Mellon University's Board of Trustees.[2]
In 1982, he co-founded Phar-Mor with Michael I. Monus.[3]
In 2012, his daughter Laura Shapira Karet took over as CEO for private company Giant Eagle, Inc., which was removed from the company by its Board of Directors in late March 2023.
He was also a member of the board of Directors of Equitable Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EQT), a Pennsylvania natural gas and oil company with emphasis on the Appalachian area.[4]
He received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College in 1963 and an MA in Economics from Stanford University.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "David S. Shapira Profile - Forbes.com". Forbes. Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ a b "David Shapira: Executive Profile & Biography - BusinessWeek". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 7 December 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Gilpin, Kenneth (20 January 1994). "COMPANY NEWS; Memo About Phar-Mor Destroyed, Report Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
- ^ a b "David S. Shapira '63". Oberlin College. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
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