Joe Scarlett, former chairman and CEO of Tractor Supply Company, will speak at the College of Charleston School of Business on April 1, 2014 at 1:40 p.m. in the Beatty Center’s Wells Fargo Auditorium (5 Liberty St.). Scarlett’s presentation, “The Role of Leadership and Ethics in Business Practices,” is part of the Initiative for Public Choice and Market Process’ BB&T Free Market Process Speaker Series. The event is free and open to the public and a Q&A session will be included at the close of the presentation.
Joe Scarlett, former chairman and CEO of Tractor Supply Company
About Joe Scarlett
Joe Scarlett is the retired chairman and CEO of Tractor Supply Company and founder of the Scarlett Leadership Institute in Franklin, TN. After a long career in retailing Scarlett took up a second career in leadership education, a passion he discovered while at Tractor Supply.
Scarlett held senior executive roles at Tractor Supply Company from 1979 until his retirement at the end of 2007. He played a key role in the initiative to return the company to profitability through improved customer service and focused product selection as part of a classic leveraged buyout in 1982. Joe also led the successful 1994 effort to take the company public and during his ten plus years as CEO, the company’s revenues quadrupled and the price of its stock increased ten-fold.
Tractor Supply Company was honored by Forbes as one of the “Best Managed Companies in America” and Scarlett was recognized as Ernst & Young’s Southeast Entrepreneur of the Year.
The Scarlett Leadership Institute was founded in 2006. The Institute is passionately committed to improving business leadership skills with a strong emphasis on ethical behavior. Scores of companies have participated in a variety of high quality leadership and management education programs. A broad range of business leaders have achieved the overarching goal of positive behavioral change.
About the Initiative for Public Choice & Market Process
Founded in the fall of 2008, the Initiative for Public Choice & Market Process advances the understanding of the economic, political and moral foundations of a free market economy. The Initiative for Public Choice & Market Process supports the growth and development of teaching and research at the College of Charleston School of Business while engaging students and the Charleston business community. Visit sb.cofc.edu/pcmp or www.facebook.com/ipcmp to learn more.
About the School of Business
College of Charleston’s School of Business offers seven undergraduate programs, an honors program, an M.S. in Accountancy and a one-year MBA. Approximately 1800 undergraduate and graduate students attend from as far away as China, Germany and Brazil. The School of Business ranks #1 in the world with the most certified global business professionals (CGBP) on faculty. Faculty research expertise is diverse in areas such as global logistics, hospitality and tourism, political economics, financial investment, bankruptcy, business intelligence, board governance, and leadership . Visit sb.cofc.edu to learn more.
