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Northwest Airlines

COMPANY

Founded 1926 as Northwest Airways.

Acquired by Delta Airlines in 2008, for $2.6B.

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

Industry:
Airline

Ticker:
NYSE:NWA (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Eagan, MN

Sales:
$12.5B (2007)

Employees:
30,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard H. Anderson
Business
1956   CEO of Delta Airlines
John H. Dasburg
Business
c. 1943   CEO of ASTAR Air Cargo
Mickey Foret
Business
c. 1946   CFO of Northwest Airlines, 1998-2002
Robert L. Fornaro
Business
c. 1952   CEO of AirTran Holdings
James A. Lawrence
Business
18-Oct-1952   CFO of Unilever
Joseph B. Leonard
Business
c. 1943   CEO of AirTran Holdings, 1999-2007
Fred Malek
Government
22-Dec-1936   Thayer Capital Partners
Doug Parker
Business
c. 1962   CEO of US Airways
Steven G. Rothmeier
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Northwest Airlines, 1985-89
Douglas M. Steenland
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Northwest Airlines, 2004-08
Kathy J. Higgins Victor
Business
c. 1957   President of Centera Corporation

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard H. Anderson
Business
1956   CEO of Delta Airlines
Richard C. Blum
Business
c. 1936   Husband of Dianne Feinstein
Roy J. Bostock
Business
25-Sep-1940   Chairman of Yahoo, 2008-12
David A. Brandon
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Domino's Pizza
Michael J. Durham
Business
c. 1951   Former CFO, American Airlines
John Engler
Politician
12-Oct-1948   Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003
Mickey Foret
Business
c. 1946   CFO of Northwest Airlines, 1998-2002
Robert L. Friedman
Business
c. 1942   Managing Partner, Blackstone Group
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historian
4-Jan-1943   Team of Rivals
Jeffrey G. Katz
Business
c. 1956   CEO of Orbitz, 2000-04
Melvin Laird
Government
1-Sep-1922   US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73
Walter Mondale
Politician
5-Jan-1928   US Vice President under Jimmy Carter
James J. Postl
Business
c. 1946   CEO of Pennzoil-Quaker State, 2000-02
Steven G. Rothmeier
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Northwest Airlines, 1985-89
Rodney Slater
Government
23-Feb-1955   US Secretary of Transportation, 1997-2001
Douglas M. Steenland
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Northwest Airlines, 2004-08
Gary L. Wilson
Business
c. 1941   Chairman of Northwest Airlines, 1991-2007
William S. Zoller
Labor Leader
c. 1949   Air Line Pilots Association

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Chip Cravaack
Politician
29-Dec-1959   Congressman, Minnesota 8th
Harry Reasoner
Journalist
17-Apr-1923 6-Aug-1991 60 Minutes
Bernard A. Schriever
Military
14-Sep-1910 20-Jun-2005 US Air Force space program
William S. Zoller
Labor Leader
c. 1949   Air Line Pilots Association

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Berl Bernhard
Attorney
7-Sep-1929   Co-Founder, Verner Liipfert


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