There aren’t many C-Suite offices in which you’d find a portrait of the Pope, and in most of the ones in which you would, the likeness staring back at you would almost certainly be the current pontiff, or John Paul II, who reigned for nearly 30 years. In 2008, Scott Turicchi’s office was different. Rather than a photo of Pope Benedict XVI, Turicchi had a portrait of Leo XIII on his wall, the late 19th Century ruler who helped modernize the Catholic Church.
Now the Chief Executive Officer of digital fax software company Consensus, there are two sides to Turicchi. On one of them, his professional accolades are piled. On the other side, you’ll find stories about how his faith has guided him through life. For some people, these areas are distinct, by design. For Torecchi, one side does not exist without the other.
“Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met,” said Leo XIII, “the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.” For Turicchi, this manifests itself in the necessity of work before his devotion to the flock.
Turicchi was previously the President of j2 Global (now Ziff Davis) for more than two decades until the company spun off Consensus in 2021. He is also, per the Los Angeles-based Queen of Angels Foundation, “extremely active in Catholic causes.” He hasn’t just repeated the words of Leo XIII; he has plainly lived by them.
A 1985 graduate of Claremont McKenna College, Turicchi has stewarded Consensus to become a leading eFax provider, serving the healthcare, finance, insurance, real estate, and manufacturing industries, as well as state and federal governments. Even today, eFax operations are crucial for running these industries.
As a man of business and man of faith, Turicchi has made his mark wherever he has gone. Fortunately for Consensus, Turrichi isn’t going anywhere.
