Company · Manufacturing · founded 1916
Boeing
American aerospace company founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle as Pacific Aero Products Company. The present corporation resulted from its acquisition of McDonnell Douglas on August 1, 1997.
Of the 2 people here linked to Boeing, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
2 people at Boeing
Founder Past
Role
Founder (incorporated as Pacific Aero Products Company in 1916, renamed Boeing Airplane Company in 1917), 1916–1934
Source
· high confidence. Wikipedia says he divested himself of ownership in 1934 when the holding company broke up into three entities, one of which became The Boeing Company.
Manufacturing · Transportation & Logistics 1 / 0
William Boeing
Founder of The Boeing Company
old industrial wealth · elite · some college
Employee Past
Role
Employee in Seattle, before he became a comedian
Also at
Source
· high confidence. WBUR says he and his wife both worked at Boeing in Seattle and later quit; it gives no dates or job title.
Media 4 / 5
KevOnStage
Comedian, YouTuber, and founder of KevOnStage Studios; creator of BET+'s "Churchy"
military family · outsider · college degree