COMPANY

Discount airlines, founded 1967 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher.

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

Industry:
Airline

Ticker:
NYSE:LUV

Corporate headquarters:
Dallas, TX

Sales:
$6.5B (2004)

Employees:
31,000 (2004)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Colleen C. Barrett	Business	14-Sep-1944		President of Southwest Airlines
Herb Kelleher	Business	12-Mar-1931		Founder of Southwest Airlines
Gary C. Kelly	Business	1955		CEO of Southwest Airlines

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Colleen C. Barrett	Business	14-Sep-1944		President of Southwest Airlines
David W. Biegler	Business	c. 1946		President & COO of TXU, 1997-2001
Louis Caldera	Government	1-Apr-1956		US Secretary of the Army, 1998-2001
C. Webb Crockett	Attorney	c. 1936		Partner, Fennemore Craig
William H. Cunningham	Educator	5-Jan-1944		Chancellor, UT System, 1992-2000
Travis C. Johnson	Business	c. 1936		Attorney at Law, El Paso
Herb Kelleher	Business	12-Mar-1931		Founder of Southwest Airlines
Gary C. Kelly	Business	1955		CEO of Southwest Airlines
Nancy B. Loeffler	Activist	c. 1947		Community activist, wife of Tom Loeffler
John T. Montford	Politician	28-Jun-1943		Chancellor, Texas Tech University, 1996-2001

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Janet Gunn	Actor	2-Nov-1961		Lost Voyage

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Neeleman	Business	16-Oct-1959		Founder and CEO of JetBlue

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