Walter Scott, Jr.

Walter Scott Jr.
Suzanne and Walter Scott
Born	1931 (age 85–86) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Colorado State University
Occupation	Former CEO, Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated
Net worth	$4.31 billion (June 2017)
Children	6

Walter Scott Jr. (born 1931) is an American civil engineer, philanthropist, and former CEO of Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated.

He graduated from Colorado State University in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.

Scott was first elected to the Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated board in 1964. In 1979, he was elected president. When Peter Kiewit died later that same year, Scott was selected to succeed him as chairman.

He sits on the board of Berkshire Hathaway, and is a childhood friend of Warren Buffett. He is also on the board of directors of Burlington Resources, Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Level 3 Communications Inc., MidAmerican Energy Holdings, RCN Corporation, Valmont Industries, and Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc, and is the chairman of the Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress. He is a director of the Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation, and the Omaha Development Foundation. Nationally, he is a director of the Horatio Alger Association and the National Forest Association.

Scott is chairman of Level 3 Communications. The corporation is one of the firms created by the 1998 separation of the two operating divisions of Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc. Since the split-off, Scott now serves as chairman Emeritus of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.

Scott consistently ranks among the wealthiest Americans. With his wife, Suzanne, he founded the public, non-profit Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation which has funded the Scott Atrium & Education Center at University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Scott Technology Center in Omaha, and The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve.