Owen Glenn - Timeline

Timeline

1940 Born in Calcutta, India.
1952 Family immigrated to New Zealand; attended Balmoral Intermediate and Mt Roskill Grammar.
Worked at the Bank of New Zealand.
1961 Overseas experience in Europe/Australia.
1962 Returned to New Zealand; worked for TEAL (now Air New Zealand), then Emery Air Freight.
1969 In the UK: joined the Swire Group (included Cathay Pacific Airways). Proposed they form a joint venture company with the Ocean Group.
Resulted in MSAS (McGregor Swire Air Services), later EXCEL Logistics – one of the world’s largest logistical groups.
1976 With a partner, set up Sydney-based freight company, Pacific Forwarding Group.
1978 DCL (Direct Container Line) was launched in the USA as an NVOCC (Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier).
Owen took over DCL (Los Angeles).
DCL soon became the biggest NVOCC and the second-largest exporter of goods in the USA.
1989 DCL won an "E for Export Award" from President Reagan.
Owen completed the Harvard OPM (Owner/President Management Programme 1989-1990).
1991 DCL won an "E Star Award" for continued contributions to the Export Expansion Program of the United States of America.
Owen was presented with a USA "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award.
1994 Owen led the formation of NACA (North American Consolidation Association).
2001 Glenn creates OTS Logistics Group through a series of acquisitions. DCL, merged with Brennan International and Conterm Consolidation Services in 1998, is renamed the OTS Logistics Group.
2012 London based private equity group Man Capital LLP acquires OTS Logistics Group.

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