Under CEO Taylor Safford, San Francisco’s PIER 39 continues to draw millions of visitors and record sales

“The view is clearly one of the perks of the job,” says Taylor Safford (M.B.A., ’95), gazing out the curving window of his office at PIER 39. He became CEO in 2012 after mastering a number of jobs at San Francisco’s top attraction, where he has worked since 1979. His first job was in the pier’s arcade, making change and running the shooting gallery, for $3.10 an hour. To read the full story, see Covering the Waterfront

MBA ALum Taylor Safford. Photo by ERIC MILLETTE