David Abney: the UPS boss who rose from the bottom rung

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The BBC has run an interesting piece on David Abney, who joined UPS’s ladder on the bottom rung in 1974, and is now chairman and CEO. Following his climb to the top, the article cites his belief that UPS’s culture, and the loyalty it engenders among its employees, will allow others to make the same journey. UPS, he says, is not “a job or a career, it’s a way of life”.