Complex sentence: Scott Livengood is a former CEO of Krispy Kreme Corporation and was associated with Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation for 28 years, beginning in 1977, then a privately held company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Split into simpler sentences: Scott Livengood is a former CEO of Krispy Kreme Corporation and was associated with that company for 28 years, beginning in 1977. It was then a privately held company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.