David Neeleman Research Paper

David Neeleman was born in 1959 and is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur who has founded four commercial airlines, Morris Air, Westjet, JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines. He is also the co-owner of another commercial airline in Europe, TAP Portugal, along with Humberto Pedrosa. Since 2017, he is also a citizen of Cyprus. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and raised in Utah with a family of Dutch and American descent. He lived in Brazil until he was five years old. He is the father of nine children. Originally David co-founded with June Morris, Morris Air, a low-fare charter airline from 1984 to 1988. David was the executive vice president of the company. In 1988 David assumed the helm of Morris Air as its president. In 1993-Morris Air was acquired by Southwest Airlines for $130 million and …show more content…
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