Marcia G. Taylor
Born1944
Bluford, Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Businesswoman
  • Philanthropist
Years active1971–present
OrganizationBennett International Group

Marcia G. Taylor (born 1944) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist who is the incumbent chief executive officer (CEO) of Bennett International Group.[1][2]

In 2012, she received the National Transportation Award for her services to trucking industry.[3]

Early life

Taylor was born in Bluford, Illinois, in 1944 and grew up on a farm.[4][5]

Career

Taylor started her career in 1971, when she moved to Georgia to work for Specialized Truck Services.[4][5]

In 1974, Taylor bought a trucking company, George Bennett Motor Express, with her husband, J. D. Garrison.[5][6]

In 2012, her company, Bennett International Group, was named Georgia's Family Business of the Year.[7] In the same year, she founded The Taylor Family Foundation to support various charities.[8][5] Two years later, she was called an influential women in trucking industry by the Fleet Equipment Magazine.[9]

In 2015, Taylor established a scholarship at the Clayton State University for supply chain management students.[10]

In 2016, Taylor received an honorary doctorate of commerce from Clayton State University.[5] The following year, she was inducted in the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans.[5][6] Later, in 2017, she received Women Who Mean Business Award, given by the Atlanta Business Journal.[11]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Women Who Mean Business: Marcia Taylor, CEO of Bennett International Group". Atlanta Business Journal.
  2. ↑ "Marcia G. Taylor named 2014 Influential Woman in – ProQuest". ProQuest. ProQuest 1511954302.
  3. ↑ "NDTA National Transportation Award".
  4. 1 2 "The unlikely story of a single mom who became a trucking industry matriarch". Newsweek. February 12, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Marcia G. Taylor".
  6. 1 2 "Two Georgia women – Valerie Montgomery Rice and Marcia Taylor – to receive 2017 Horatio Alger Award". December 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Family Business Awards". September 30, 2012.
  8. ↑ "The Taylor Foundation".
  9. ↑ "Marcia Taylor named 2014 Influential Woman in Trucking".
  10. ↑ Holman, Lane (June 20, 2015). "Supply chain scholarship program gives back". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  11. ↑ "Marcia Taylor". Atlanta Business Chronicle.
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