Company · Transportation & Logistics · founded 1967
Southwest Airlines
Low-cost U.S. airline headquartered in Dallas. Established in 1967 as Air Southwest Co. by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King, and renamed Southwest Airlines in 1971.
Of the 2 people here linked to Southwest Airlines, 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 Southwest Airlines
Founder Past
Role
Co-founder, general counsel, chairman, president and CEO, 1967–2008
Source
· high confidence. Stepped down as CEO and president in 2001, stayed chairman, and left the chairmanship and board in May 2008 (chairman emeritus afterwards).
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Herb Kelleher
Co-founder, longtime CEO and chairman, Southwest Airlines
professional-class · some · graduate degree
Joined by acquisition Past
Role
Executive Planning Committee, about five months after Southwest acquired Morris Air, 1993
Source
· high confidence. Left Southwest after roughly five months; end year not stated.
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David Neeleman
Founder of Morris Air, JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines and Breeze Airways, and co-founder of WestJet
comfortable · some · some college