# Scott Griffith

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'''Scott Griffith''' was the chairman and chief executive officer of [Zipcar](/source/Zipcar), Inc. from February 2003 until his resignation on March 15, 2013, following the acquisition of Zipcar by [Avis Budget Group](/source/Avis_Budget_Group).<ref name="zc">{{cite web|title=team: home office|url=http://www.zipcar.com/about/team|work=zipcar.com|accessdate=16 October 2010}}</ref> As of October 2020, Griffith is the CEO of Ford Autonomous Vehicles & Mobility Businesses at [Ford Motor Company](/source/Ford_Motor_Company).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scott Griffith {{!}} Ford Media Center|url=https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/people/scott-griffith.html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=media.ford.com}}</ref>

Griffith has a BS in engineering from [Carnegie Mellon University](/source/Carnegie_Mellon_University) in 1981 and an MBA from the [University of Chicago Booth School of Business](/source/University_of_Chicago_Booth_School_of_Business) in 1990.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=602241&privcapId=661147 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009014143/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=602241&privcapId=661147 | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 9, 2012 | title=Zipcar, Inc. | work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek}}</ref>

While Griffith was CEO, Zipcar became the world's largest car-sharing service.  In the fall of 2007, Zipcar merged with [Flexcar](/source/Flexcar), with Griffith as CEO of the merged company which continued to use the Zipcar name.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003984391_flexcar31.html | title=Seattle's Flexcar merges with rival Zipcar | work=Seattle Times | author=Dominic Gates |author-link=Dominic Gates | date=2007-10-31}}</ref> Zipcar also bought London-based [Streetcar](/source/Streetcar_(carsharing)), the UK's largest car-sharing service at the time.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/press_rel/2010/dec/pdf/44_10_zipcar_streetcar.pdf | title=CC Clears Zipcar/Streetcar Merger | work=Competition Commission | date=2010-12-22 | url-status=usurped | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202192707/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/press_rel/2010/dec/pdf/44_10_zipcar_streetcar.pdf | archivedate=2011-02-02 }}</ref>

For his accomplishments at Zipcar, Griffith was named a Mass High Tech All-Star in 2009,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/08/17/weekly14-Mass-High-Tech-names-2009-All-Stars-of-New-England-Innovation-Economy.html |title=Mass High Tech names 2009 All-Stars of New England Innovation Economy | author=Mass High Tech Staff | publisher=MassHighTech.com | date=2009-08-21}}</ref> selected as one of [Huffington Post](/source/Huffington_Post)’s 2010 Game-changers in transportation, and dubbed Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s 2010 Social Entrepreneur CEO of the Year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://zipcar.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=201 | title=Zipcar Chairman and CEO Scott Griffith Selected as a CEO of the Year | date=2010-11-03 | publisher=PR Newswire | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307163351/http://zipcar.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=201 | archivedate=2011-03-07 }}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=January 2012}} In addition, [BusinessWeek](/source/BusinessWeek) named Scott one of its “Best Leaders of 2006,” and he was the recipient of [Babson College](/source/Babson_College)'s ELiTE Award for entrepreneurship. Griffith has been interviewed by many news outlets, including ''[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)'', ''[Fortune](/source/Fortune_(magazine))'', ''[Newsweek](/source/Newsweek)'', ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', [CNN](/source/CNN), [CNBC](/source/CNBC), ''[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)'', [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press), CBS-TV, FOX-TV, ''[ABC World News Tonight](/source/ABC_World_News_Tonight)'' and ''[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))''.

Prior to Zipcar, Griffith held senior level positions at [The Boeing Company](/source/The_Boeing_Company), Information America, an [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta)-based provider of online public record information, and The Parthenon Group, a boutique business strategy and investment firm.

After Zipcar, Griffith co-founded TrueMotion, a safe driving technology company, before it was acquired by [Cambridge Mobile Telematics](/source/Cambridge_Mobile_Telematics). He served as Chairman of the Board while also sitting as [Entrepreneur in residence](/source/Entrepreneur_in_residence) at General Catalyst.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scott Griffith|url=https://www.generalcatalyst.com/team/scott-griffith/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=General Catalyst|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213184043/https://www.generalcatalyst.com/team/scott-griffith/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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