Kent Charles "Oz" Nelson (August 13, 1937 – April 6, 2023) was an American businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of UPS (United Parcel Service), a position he held from November 1989 to December 1996.
A native of Kokomo, Indiana, Nelson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from Ball State University in 1959.
At Ball State, Oz became a brother of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
He also received an honorary doctoral degree of management from Kettering University in June 1993.
[2] Nelson died from complications of COVID-19 in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 6, 2023, at the age of 85.