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Kirby became president of United Airlines in August 2016. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] He was announced as the successor to the CEO role in December 2019, following Oscar Munoz ; his tenure started in May 2020. Kirby has been credited with expanding the airline's flight network, [ 13 ] and restructuring hubs in Chicago , Denver , and Houston .
Oscar Munoz (born January 5, 1959) is an American businessman, board member, [1] [2] and public speaker who was executive chairman of United Airlines from 2020 to 2021, [3] after having been chief executive officer (CEO) of United Airlines from 2015 to 2020.
Brinton was raised in Perry, Iowa, and is the child of two Southern Baptist missionaries. Brinton came out as bisexual to their parents in the early 2000s. [8] According to Brinton, their parents disapproved of Brinton's attraction to a male friend from school and sent the then-middle school student for conversion therapy, an experience Brinton later described as "barbaric" and "painful" in a ...
Kirby was recruited as the airline's president from rival American Airlines Group Inc in 2016 and has been groomed for the top job. The leadership change follows share price and earnings ...
At a time when so many Americans want to wish the coronavirus away, in the airline industry and beyond, United Airlines President Scott Kirby is a refreshing voice, a decisive leader who tells the ...
The first openly trans woman of color [29] to serve in and to be elected to a state legislature and the first Native American trans person to hold elected office in the United States. [30] [31] Taylor Small: Democratic, Progressive Vermont: Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden 6–7 district (now Chittenden-21) 2021–2025 [32] Mauree ...
In 1939, at the urging of Jack Frye, president of Transcontinental & Western Airlines, the predecessor of Trans World Airlines , Hughes began to quietly purchase a majority share of TWA stock (78% of stock, to be exact); he took a controlling interest in the airline by 1944. [78]
Jeffery Alan Smisek (born August 17, 1954) is an American businessman, who is the president of GOOSE Capital [3] and on the board of directors of Finch Therapeutics. [4] [5] Smisek previously worked in the airline industry as the chairman, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Continental Airlines and, later, of United Airlines.