Philip
M. Condit
The Boeing Company
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Phil
Condit is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company.
Under his leadership, Boeing grew to be the world’s largest aerospace company.
Condit’s
career has spanned more than 35 years of service to Boeing in almost 20
assignments. Condit joined Boeing in 1965 as an aerodynamics engineer on
the Supersonic Transport (SST) program. Elected President and member of the
Board of Directors of Boeing in 1992, Condit added the title of Chief Executive
Officer in 1996. He was elected the seventh chairman in the company’s
82-year history in 1997.
He
received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1963; a master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering
from Princeton University in 1965; a master’s degree in Management from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975; and, in 1997, a doctorate in
Engineering from Science University of Tokyo, where he was the first Westerner
to earn such a degree.
Condit serves on the board of
Hewlett-Packard Company and is a member of The Business Council and The
Business Roundtable. Elected a member of the National Academy of
Engineering in 1985, he is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical
Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He
has chaired the NASA Advisory Council’s Aeronautics Advisory Committee.
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company, headquartered in Chicago, is the world’s largest aerospace company and the United States’ leading exporter. It is the largest manufacturer of satellites, commercial jetliners and military aircraft, and the largest NASA contractor. The company’s capabilities in aerospace also include rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. The company has an extensive global reach with customers in 145 countries and manufacturing operations throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Boeing and its subsidiaries employ approximately 173,000 people. Total company revenues for 2001 were $58 billion.
Boeing continues to expand its product line and develop new technologies to meet customer needs. From creating new versions of its family of commercial airplanes; to developing, producing, supporting and modifying aircraft for the U.S. military; to building launch vehicles capable of lifting more than 14 tons into orbit; to improving communications for people around the world through an advanced network of satellites, Boeing continues a long tradition of technical excellence and innovation.