Mark Pigott

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mark Pigott
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Feb 6, 1954(1954-02-06)
Age	70
Birthplace	San Francisco
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Mark Pigott Biography

Mark Pigott is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on February 6, 1954 in San Francisco, California, United States. Mark Charles Pigott, KBE, KStJ (born February 6 1954) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He has served as President of the Board of Directors at PACCAR, Inc. since April 2014. He was President and Chief Executive Chief Executive Officer of PACCAR between January 1997 and April 2014. Pigott was named one of America’s top chief executives by Forbes magazine in their annual list of the top 10 CEOs in the US. Pigott reside in Medina, Washington with his wife Cindy.

Harvard Business Review (January 2010) listed Pigott among the world’s top 50 CEOs, based on the long-term shareholder returns.

Pigott holds seats on the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company America, The British Library Foundation, St. George’s Society (New York) Advisory Board, and Trinity College Foundation. He is a life member of the National Gallery London, The British Library, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture Commerce (RSA), and the Royal National Theatre, UK. Major philanthropy activities of his include strategic planning and implementation of capital projects at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Gallery UK, Trinity College, Dublin, Royal National Theatre, British Museum and Bibliothèque nationale de France. An avid bibliophile, Pigott is involved in numerous projects benefiting the British Library and the Folger Shakespeare Library. He established the annual Pigott Poetry Prize in Ireland (2014). For over a decade, his dedication to educating the next generation of leaders is evidenced by his participation as a lecturer at numerous graduate schools of business, including the University of Washington, Seattle University, Gonzaga University, Stanford, Trinity College, Dublin and Cambridge University.

Pigott is the Chairman of the DAF Supervisory Board since 1996 He was a member of the Business Council (Washington, D.C.) (retired), as well as on the Washington State Business Roundtable Executive Committee (retired).

Mark Pigott Net Worth

Mark Pigott is one of the richest Businessperson from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Pigott 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mark Pigott’s work with PACCAR was established in. The fourth generation member of his Pigott family to run the business. PACCAR is one of the Fortune 200 company, celebrated its 113th anniversary in 2018 and has surpassed the milestone of achieving profitability for 80 consecutive years. PACCAR (revenues $23.5 billion) (Nasdaq:PCAR) is publically traded , and is a world technological company that is a leader in the financial and capital goods services sectors. The main brands of PACCAR are DAF Trucks, Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks, PACCAR Financial, PacLease, PACCAR Parts, PACCAR Information Technology and PACCAR Powertrain.

Pigott was born in San Francisco and raised in Seattle. The native of Seattle has lived numerous cities across North America, studied in Italy and then was as a teacher in his native United Kingdom from 1984 to 1989. His graduation was in the year 1976 from Stanford University receiving his B.S. with a major in Industrial Engineering (1976), an M.S. in Management (1984) in Industrial Engineering (1976), and in Business (1984), and a B.A. in the Humanities (1998). He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science (Sc. D.) in Trinity College, Dublin (2007) as well as An honorary Doctorate of Laws (LL.D.) at Gonzaga University (2008), an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters (D.H.L.) in Lehman College, NY (2010) An Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Puget Sound, WA (2014) An Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of Washington, WA (2016) as well as the Honorary Doctorate awarded by Washington State University, WA (2019).

Mark Pigott is President of the PACCAR Foundation, which annually donates $5–$10 million in support of education, social services and the arts. Beneficiaries included University of North Texas (2006), Stanford University (2006), Mississippi State University (2007), Gonzaga University (2006), East Mississippi Community College (2007), University of Washington (2008), Seattle University (2009), University of Puget Sound (2013) and Washington State University (2014). Pigott established the prestigious PACCAR Award for Teaching Excellence at the University of Washington in 1997. This is the highest honorarium teaching award for MBA professors in the United States. Pigott’s strong support of corporate giving is demonstrated by the fact that in 2014, PACCAR was ranked fifth on a list of 25 top large corporate philanthropists in the state of Washington by the Puget Sound Business Journal Book of Lists.

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Who is Mark Pigott Dating?

According to our records, Mark Pigott married to Cindy Pigott. As of December 1, 2023, Mark Pigott’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mark Pigott celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.

Who owns Pigott?

Mark Pigott
Nationality| American
Occupation| Businessperson
Organization| PACCAR, Inc.
Title| Executive Chairman

What family owns Paccar?

The Pigott family owns a large stake in publicly-traded truck-maker Paccar. William Pigott Sr. founded the business, as the Seattle Car Manufacturing Company, in 1905. Originally dedicated to making railway and logging equipment, the Pigott family made Sherman tanks for the Allied forced during World War II.

Who owns PACCAR?

In October 1999, PACCAR Automotive was sold to CSK Auto. Kenworth is awarded three J.D. Power and Associates awards for customer satisfaction among Class 8 truck owners and Peterbilt wins the medium-duty conventional truck category for the sixth time since 1999.

What does Pigott mean?

The surname Pigott was originally derived from the Old English word pic, meaning a hill with a sharp point at its top , and would originally have indicated that its bearer lived near such a landmark.