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Oscar Munoz

Former CEO and Chairman

United Airlines

Oscar Munoz

Oscar Munoz, former CEO and chairman of United Airlines, has led an accomplished career, spanning senior financial positions at Coca-Cola, Pepsico, AT&T and US West. He also served as President and COO of North American rail-based transportation supplier CSX Corp. He is a board director at Salesforce, CBRE, TelevisaUnivision, Cleerly, Archer Aviation, the Pentagon’s Defense Business Board, the University of Southern California and the Brookings Institution; he is also an independent trustee for Fidelity and a CNBC Contributor.

A first-generation college graduate with degrees from the University of Southern California and Pepperdine, he was twice honored by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of its 100 Most Influential Hispanics honoring his journey as an immigrant who is the first person of Hispanic heritage to run a U.S. airline.

He is the author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling memoir, “Turnaround Time: Uniting an Airline and its Employees in the Friendly Skies.”