President and CEO
Kwik Trip Inc. | La Crosse
Former Mayo Clinic trauma surgeon and professor Scott Zietlow became president and chief executive officer of Kwik Trip in early 2023, ushering in the second generation of family ownership and leadership at the La Crosse-based convenience store chain. Zietlow succeeded his father, Don Zietlow, who retired after 52 years with the company. Scott Zietlow had worked at the Rochester, Minnesota-based health system since the early 1990s, serving as a professor of surgery in the Trauma, Critical Care and General Surgery Division. Zietlow is also the chair of Kwik Trip’s board of directors.
Kwik Trip has more than 860 stores across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and South Dakota, including more than 500 in Wisconsin. It employs more than 36,000 people and is the nation’s 11th largest convenience store chain, according to CSP Daily News.
In late 2023, the company said it would invest more than $151 million to expand its operations in Wisconsin, creating more than 500 jobs by 2027. The plans called for an expansion of its dairy, commissary and bakery facilities in La Crosse, the purchase and renovation of an office building in Onalaska and construction of a new satellite distribution center.
Education: Bachelor’s, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; M.D., UW School of Medicine and Public Health
