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Friends of Finance Executive Speaker Series – Chet Cadieux, QuikTrip CEO
March 26, 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Join Friends of Finance for the Executive Speaker series to hear from Chet Cadieux, QuikTrip CEO.
Chester “Chet” Cadieux III, a second generation Tulsa native, is the chairman and CEO of QuikTrip Corp., a regional gasoline/convenience store operation based in Tulsa. The company was founded in 1958 by his father, Chester Cadieux II and today has annual sales of more than $20 billion. QuikTrip operates over 1,091 stores across 21 states through the remarkable efforts of its over 30,000 employees and is listed by Forbes as the 34th largest privately held company in the United States.
Chet Cadieux attended Jenks Public Schools and then graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management from The University of Tulsa in 1989. He began his full-time career with QuikTrip that year on the graveyard shift and rose through the ranks to the store manager position. Cadieux also served as a real estate manager and vice president/sales in the QuikTrip organization. He became president/CEO in 2002 and chairman in 2006.
Outside of QT, Cadieux has also served as chairman of the Tulsa River Parks, Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce, and Tulsa Area United Way as well as stints on the boards of the National Association of Convenience Stores, The University of Tulsa, and the Tulsa Community Foundation
Cadieux is currently a director on the following boards in Tulsa: Bank of Oklahoma N.A. and the George Kaiser Family Foundation. He is married, has two children, and enjoys flying, boating, auto racing, and snow skiing.
Students attend for free but must register.