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Globalization has played a large part in the strong growth of United Parcel Service. Kai Ryssdal talked to CEO Michael Eskew about how the business has changed — and stayed the same.

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Executive Snapshot

Who: Michael Eskew, chairman and chief executive officer of United Parcel Service.

Education: Earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University and completed an advanced management program at Wharton School of Business.

What you may not know: If Eskew hadn’t signed on as an industrial engineer at UPS in 1972, he would have pursued architecture.

Personal: Eskew lives in Atlanta with his wife. They have four children.

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