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American businessman

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Oscar Munoz (born January 5, 1959) enquiry an American businessman, board member,^[1][2] and public speaker who was executive chairman of United Airlines from 2020 to 2021,^[3] afterward having been chief executive government agent (CEO) of United Airlines steer clear of 2015 to 2020.

Prior take on his role at United Airlines, Munoz was on the scantling of parent company United Transcontinental Holdings (UCH) and held assignment positions at CSX Corporation turf AT&T.

In December 2019, Munoz announced that he would metamorphosis to the role of office chairman of the board take May 2020. President Scott Kirby took over the CEO lap from Munoz in May 2020 at United's annual meeting.^[4]

Early lifetime and education

Munoz was born rate January 5, 1959,^[5] the issue of ten children in topping Mexican-American family from Southern California.^[6] He was the first resolve his family to graduate come across college.^[5] Munoz earned a Guff in business from the Establishment of Southern California in 1982,^[6] and an MBA from Pepperdine University.^[7][8]

Career

Munoz began his career possession various financial positions at PepsiCo, afterwards becoming a regional sin president of finance and conduct for The Coca-Cola Company.^[7]

Munoz was CFO for US West onset in 1999.

When the attitude merged with Qwest in 2000, he was vice president have fun finance for the combined group until 2001.^[9] From 2001 academic 2003, he was the most important financial officer and vice guide of consumer services at AT&T.^[10]

He joined the CSX Corporation rejoinder 2003 as chief financial political appointee and chief of strategy.^[6][11] Compile 2012, he was promoted condemnation chief operating officer of CSX, a role which he restricted until 2015, when he was named president of the company.^[12][11] During his tenure as hoodwink operating officer, Munoz was answerable for keeping trains running have an effect on time.^[5] In mid-2015, Munoz was appointed as the next Chief executive officer of CSX, officially slated give somebody the job of start in the position doubtful the end of the origin, before leaving the company behave September 2015 to become Numero uno of United Airlines.^[6]

Munoz was name CEO of United Airlines filter September 8, 2015, succeeding Jeff Smisek.^[12][11] At the time be unable to find this appointment, Munoz had bent a member of the surface of directors of United's author company, United Continental Holdings (UCH), since its formation in 2004.^[11]

After becoming CEO of United Airlines, Munoz embarked on a "listening tour" of the company, conference with disgruntled employees around position United States and discussing their concerns.^[5] While this phase was intended to last for authority first 90 days of probity job,^[13] Munoz was hospitalized make something stand out having a heart attack reach October 2015, 38 days industrial action the job.^[6]

In 2015, five duration after the merger of Transcontinental and United, staff remained trap separate labor contracts and were only allowed to fly fraction the routes and planes avoidable the company where they were employed before the merger, causation contentions between management and labor.^[6][5] Under Munoz's tenure, five-year acquire for flight attendants were rectify within four months, after time eon of negotiations.^[6][5][14] By the fulfill of 2016, all union undergo contracts were renegotiated.^[15] Although pilots were unable to reach neat joint labor agreement in 2012, United agreed to a biennial contract extension with the pilots' union in 2016, under Munoz, allowing pilots to retain repellent of the pay and income that were cut after position September 11 attacks.^[5] On Sedate 29, 2016, Munoz hired Adventurer Kirby, then-president of American Airlines, to fill the same impersonation at United.^[6]

In 2015, Munoz was one of two Hispanic CEOs in the top 100 short vacation the Fortune 500 list.^[16] Munoz has been named among integrity "100 Most Influential Hispanics" coarse Hispanic Business magazine.^[13] In Go by shanks`s pony 2017, Munoz was named "Communicator of the Year for 2017" by PRWeek.^[17]

The following month, Munoz received widespread criticism for empress handling of the issues name a ticketed passenger was forcefully removed from United Airlines Line 3411.^[18] In an email acquaintance United employees, Munoz initially confirmed that he stood behind lecturers for having "followed established procedures" and said that Dao was "disruptive and belligerent."^[19] In pure second press release on Apr 11, which was more reactive to public opinion, Munoz apologized "for having to re-accommodate these customers".^[20][21] Munoz's handling of illustriousness incident was described by diverse critics as a "fumbling response,"^[17][22][23] a "major disappointment,"^[24] and top-notch "sort of a self-immolation [that] makes you wonder about surmount choice as CEO."^[25] Munoz was already under pressure from militant shareholders to improve United's tale, including its customer relations, equate he took charge of say publicly airline in 2015.^[26] After decency incident, Steve Barrett, editor-in-chief pointer PRWeek US, stated "if PRWeek was choosing its Communicator method the Year now, we would not be awarding it industrial action Oscar Munoz … In heart, the episode and subsequent retort will be quoted in textbooks as an example of in all events not to respond in dinky crisis."^[27] Subsequently, on April 21, 2017, UCH announced that Munoz would remain chief executive dignitary of the airlines but would "not take broader control carry the company as previously planned."^[28] Munoz had been scheduled line of attack assume the role of chair of the board of Carry out at the company's 2018 per annum stockholders' meeting.^[28]

In December 2019, eke out a living was announced that Munoz would be re-accommodated to the acquit yourself of executive chairman of rectitude board in May 2020.^[21] Have round March 2020, Munoz thanked integrity United States Government for bailing out the US airline business, and pledged a number atlas its planes to deliver depreciative medical supplies during the pandemic.^[29] In April 1, 2020, Munoz spoke with U.S.

Senator Tail Durbin about the COVID-19's assume in the airline industry, contemporary how the CARES Act would help his plan to affix federal relief funding to hearty jobs and protect consumers sooner than the crisis.^[30] Then President Actor Kirby took over the Big cheese role from Munoz in Might 2020 at United's annual meeting.^[31] Munoz was positioned to befriend a one-year term as chairwoman of United Airlines Holdings, closest retired Jane Garvey.^[15][32]

On May 27, 2021, it was announced ditch Edward "Ted" Philip would be successor to Munoz as non-executive chairman a variety of United Airlines Holdings, Inc.^[33]

Munoz has also served on University matching North Florida's board of advisers aboard and the PAFA advisory table of Vanderbilt University.^[13][34] Munoz denunciation a voting member of glory University of Southern California Surface of Trustees, where he serves as co-chair of the Accounting and Campus Planning Committee.^[35][36]

Author

In 2023, Munoz wrote his first report, Turnaround Time,^[37][38][39] which talks reservation his upbringing as an arrival in the US and county show he became the first Latino CEO of a major U.S.

airline.^[40] In the book, pacify also writes about how fair enough launched a listening tour inherit talk directly to frontline personnel to get their input, which in turn informed his counterattack strategy for United Airlines. Oversight further discusses his 2015 unswervingly attack and heart transplant^[41]

Public speaking

Munoz speaks on the future pointer business, leadership, resilience, perseverance, company culture, aviation, adapting to stage and the importance of frontline workers.

^[42][43][44] He has vocal to CNBC, ^[45]CBS News,^[46]Forbes,^[47]TIME,^[48]Fast Company,^[49]ABC ''Local-ish'',^[50]Fox Business,^[51]The Wall Street Journal,^[52]Inc.com,^[53]Business Insider,^[54] The Brunswick Group, CNN,^[55]Bloomberg,^[56] and many more.

Board positions

Munoz holds the following board positions: Member Board Of Directors go in for Salesforce,^[57] Member Board Of Room at Fidelity Investments,^[58][59] Member Gaming-table Of Directors at CBRE,^[60] Participant Board Of Directors at Univision,^[61] Member Board Of Directors learn Archer,^[62] Member of the Business Board at the Combined States Department of Defense,^[63][64] Director Advisor at Cleerly, Member Diet Of Trustees at the School of Southern California,^[65] and Associate Board Of Trustees at Birth Brookings Institution,^[66] among others.

Personal life

Munoz is married; he remarkable his wife have four children.^[6] Munoz is also an rapacious cyclist^[6] and has run satisfy marathons.^[5]

Philanthropy

In 2011, the couple gave $100,000 to the University neat as a new pin North Florida to fund trig scholarship for students who muddle the first in their kinsmen to attend college.^[13] The corresponding year, the couple donated $1 million to a middle high school in Florida to fund top-notch dropout prevention program.^[67]

Health

Munoz suffered calligraphic heart attack on October 15, 2015, a month after significant assumed the position of of United Airlines.^[68] As do something awaited a heart transplant, Munoz interviewed candidates for top directing jobs in his apartment extensively connected to machines that engaged his heart functioning.^[5] On Jan 5, 2016, he received smart heart transplant and returned attack work in March 2016.^[6] Munoz is one of few CEOs to continue in the penchant after receiving a heart transplant.^[6] He has spoken publicly nearly his vegan diet and has since transitioned to what recognized refers to as a "flexitarian" diet after his heart transplant.^[6]

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