BYU Management Society Salt Lake Chapter Luncheon

Davis Smith will be the featured speaker at the BYU Management Society-Salt Lake Chapter luncheon on January 10.  His topic, "Our Shared Responsibility to Do Good Through Business." 

Smith is the founder and CEO of Cotopaxi, an outdoor gear brand with a humanitarian mission.  He is a member of the United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council and is a Presidential Leadership Scholar.  He was Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s “CEO of the Year” in 2016 and previously started Baby.com.br, Brazil’s "Startup of the Year" in 2012.  He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA from Brigham Young University.

Smith is an adventurer who has visited 70 countries.  He has floated down the Amazon on a self-made raft, kayaked from Cuba to Florida, and explored North Korea.  He and his wife Asialene live in Salt Lake City with their four children.