COMPANY

Founded 1928 in Monroe, Louisiana as Delta Air Service.

Acquired Northwest Airlines in 2008, for $2.6B.

Official Website:
http://www.delta.com/

Industry:
Airline

Ticker:
NYSE:DAL

Corporate headquarters:
Atlanta, GA

Sales:
$19.1B (2007)

Employees:
52,000 (2008)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ronald W. Allen	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Delta Airlines, 1987-97
Richard H. Anderson	Business	1956		CEO of Delta Airlines
M. Michele Burns	Business	c. 1958		CFO of Marsh & McLennan
Vicki B. Escarra	Business	c. 1955		America's Second Harvest
Gerald Grinstein	Business	c. 1932		CEO of Delta Air Lines, 2004-07
Leo F. Mullin	Business	26-Jan-1943		CEO of Delta Airlines, 1997-2004
Karim Samii	Business	c. 1963		Pardus Capital Management
James M. Whitehurst	Business	c. 1967		CEO of Red Hat

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard H. Anderson	Business	1956		CEO of Delta Airlines
John S. Brinzo	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs, 1997-06
Daniel A. Carp	Business	4-May-1948		CEO of Kodak, 2001-05
Eugene I. Davis	Business	c. 1953		Pirinate Consulting Group
John Engler	Politician	12-Oct-1948		Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003
Mickey Foret	Business	c. 1946		CFO of Northwest Airlines, 1998-2002
David R. Goode	Business	13-Jan-1941		CEO of Norfolk Southern, 1992-2005
Paula Rosput Reynolds	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Safeco
Rodney Slater	Government	23-Feb-1955		US Secretary of Transportation, 1997-2001
Douglas M. Steenland	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Northwest Airlines, 2004-08
Kenneth B. Woodrow	Business	c. 1944		President of Target Stores, 1994-99

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ronald W. Allen	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Delta Airlines, 1987-97
James L. Broadhead	Business	1935		CEO of FPL Group, 1989-2001
Domenico De Sole	Business	1944		CEO of Gucci, 1994-2004
Richard Karl Goeltz	Business	c. 1942		CFO of American Express, 1996-2000
Gerald Grinstein	Business	c. 1932		CEO of Delta Air Lines, 2004-07
Patricia L. Higgins	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Switch and Data, 2000-04
Arthur E. Johnson	Business	c. 1946		Senior VP at Lockheed-Martin
Karl J. Krapek	Business	1948		COO of United Technologies, 1999-2002
Victor L. Lund	Business	c. 1947		CEO of American Stores, 1992-99
Walter E. Massey	Business	5-Apr-1938		Morehouse College president, physicist
Leo F. Mullin	Business	26-Jan-1943		CEO of Delta Airlines, 1997-2004
John F. Smith, Jr.	Business	6-Apr-1938		CEO of General Motors, 1992-2000
Joan Spero	Diplomat	c. 1944		Under Secretary of State, 1993-97
Peter Sutherland	Government	25-Apr-1946		First Director General of the WTO
Larry D. Thompson	Attorney	15-Nov-1945		General Counsel of Pepsi

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Gibbons	Politician	16-Dec-1944		Governor of Nevada, 2007-11
Glenda Hatchett	TV Personality	14-Dec-1951		Judge Hatchett

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Wright	Baseball	20-Dec-1982		3rd Base, New York Mets

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