Chrissy Taylor is President and Chief Executive Officer for Enterprise Holdings Inc. and is a 20-year veteran of the company, which was founded by the Taylor family in St. Louis in 1957. Taylor is the fourth CEO in the company’s history and is part of the third generation of leadership of the privately-owned Enterprise Holdings, preceded by her father Andy Taylor and grandfather Jack Taylor. As President and CEO, she serves on the corporate board of Enterprise Holdings and is one of the highest-ranking women among the world’s largest travel companies and one of the top female CEOs across all industries, based on company revenue. Most recently, Taylor was named among the 2020 class of Automotive News’ 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry. She was also recognized on Women Leading Travel & Hospitality’s 2021 list of top women executives in the travel and hospitality industry. Also in 2021, Taylor received the WINiT by GBTA Woman of Influence Award.
Taylor joined Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s Management Training Program in 2000 and worked at several rental locations before relocating to London in 2006. While there, she developed Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s consumer rental business in several markets. In 2008, she returned to St. Louis and held various leadership roles within different areas of the business over the next several years. Taylor was named Senior Vice President of North American Operations in 2013, promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2016 and named President in 2019. She was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in January 2020 in addition to retaining her current title of President.
Taylor received a bachelor’s degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. In addition to serving on the Crawford Group Board of Directors, Taylor serves on several local St. Louis boards and committees, including the Crawford Taylor Foundation.