Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 18, 2001
WILLIAM D. KING has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Aviation Distributors, Inc., since December 1999. Prior to joining
Aviation he was a consultant; he was an Independent contractor working
full and part time in several industries and serving as a member of for
profit and non-profit organizations' Boards of Directors and Advisory
Boards, from March 1994-December 1999; from April 1990-February 1994, he
was Executive Vice President and President of the Electrical and
Mechanical Groups at JWP, Inc., Purchase, NY; from May 1979-March 1990,
he was President and Chief Operating Officer of International Technology
Corporation, Torrance, CA.; from October 1976-May 1979, Mr. King was
President of Leads Travelwear, Inc., Clayton, DE.; from February 1974-
September 1976 he was President of David Pacific Corp.; from June 1973-
January 1974, he was a Controller at Kaufman and Broad, Inc., Los
Angeles, CA.; and from June 1969 to May 1973 he was a Senior Associate,
McKinsey & Company, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. Mr. King received his Master
in Business Administration degree with a primary emphasis in Finance
from Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration; he
received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from
the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mr. King
served three years in the U.S. Marine Corps as an Infantry Officer, and
was released from active duty as a Captain in August 1967. Profile
Mr. King: I'm Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aviation
Distributors, Inc., which is headquartered in Lake Forest,
