Background
He has lived in the United States, Michigan and Kansas, and he now has a home in Dearborn, Michigan. A native of Kansas, Mulally is a private pilot and enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
He has lived in the United States, Michigan and Kansas, and he now has a home in Dearborn, Michigan. A native of Kansas, Mulally is a private pilot and enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
Mulally graduated from the University of Kansas, also his mother's alma mater, in 1969 with Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. He is an alumnus of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and is its 2007 Man of the Year.He received a Master's degree in Management (S.M.) as a Sloan Fellow from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1982.
Mulally was has been executive vice president of Boeing and the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA). He began his career with Boeing as an engineer in 1969 and was largely credited with BCA's resurgence against Airbus in the mid-2000s.
For Mulally's performance at Boeing, Aviation Week & Space Technology named him as person of the year for 2006.
In 2011, Mulally was named Person of the Year by the The Financial Times ArcelorMittal Boldness in Business Awards.
He was also named the 2011 Chief Executive Officer of the Year by Chief Executive magazine.
Designer of Boeing 777
Member of the Plymouth Congregational Church. He considered Rev. Dale Turner "a mentor and an inspiration."
