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Delta Airlines

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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jim Gibbons
Politician
16-Dec-1944   Governor of Nevada, 2007-11
Glenda Hatchett
TV Personality
14-Dec-1951   Judge Hatchett

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Wright
Baseball
20-Dec-1982   3rd Base, New York Mets


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