Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 1, 1998
HERBERT D. KELLEHER is a Founder and Chairman, President, and Chief
Executive Officer of Southwest Airlines Co., our nation's fifth largest
air carrier in terms of domestic passengers boarded. For the
accomplishments of Southwest's people in the airline industry, Mr.
Kelleher, on their behalf, has received: the Tony Jannus Award;
selection as 1993 CEO of the Year for the U.S. Transportation Industry,
Financial World; selection as the Gold Award Winner, Best CEO of a Major
Airline (1993 and 1992), Wall Street Transcript; Selection as 1992
Laureate, Airline Industry, Aviation Week & Space Technology; selection
as CEO of the Year for the Airline Industry (twice), Financial World;
Person of the Year 1992, Travel Agent Magazine; The Outstanding
Financial Performance by an Airline, Aviation Week & Space Technology
(twice); World Airline of the Year 1991, Air Transport World; Best
Manager, Business Week; U.S. Master Entrepreneur, Inc. Magazine; Texas
Business Hall of Fame; University of Texas College of Business Hall of
Fame; Kupfer Distinguished Executive Award, College of Business, Texas
A&M University; Best Managed Airline, Airline Executive; One of the
Three Best CEO's of the 1980s Decade, Airline Industry, Financial World;
Best Financial Management, Air Transport World; Airline Industry Service
Award, Air Transport World; Best Chief Executive Officer, Regional
Airline, Wall Street Transcript (numerous times). Mr. Kelleher is a
graduate, with honors, from Wesleyan University in Middletown,
Connecticut, where he was an Olin Scholar, and he received his law
degree, with honors, from New York University, where he was a Root-
Tilden Scholar. Profile
could, summarize what you see as the challenges and opportunities for
Southwest Airlines today.
Mr. Kelleher: Southwest,
