In the race to fill the top spot at Boeing (NYSE:BA), four candidates have emerged as potential successors.
What Happened: Following the announcement in March that CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by year-end, experts have identified four potential successors. This decision came in the wake of the Alaska Airlines disaster in January, Business Insider reported on Monday.
Kelly Ortberg, former CEO of Rockwell Collins, has three decades of experience in the aerospace and space industry and is a strong contender for the CEO position at Boeing. Ortberg retired in 2021 as an advisor to the CEO of RTX, the company that now operates the former Rockwell Collins.
Stephanie Pope, CEO of Boeing's commercial airplanes division, is also on the shortlist. Pope, a third-generation Boeing employee, previously served as the company's COO and has a finance background.
Pat Shanahan, CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, is another contender. Spirit AeroSystems, known for building the fuselage of the Alaska 737 Max that lost its door plug midair, is set to be bought back by Boeing in a $4.7 billion deal.
The final candidate is Steve Mollenkopf, the current Boeing board chair and former CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated.
The search for a new leader at Boeing has been fraught with challenges, with at least two individuals reportedly declining the role.
Boeing has yet to respond to Benzinga.
Why It Matters: The search for a new CEO comes at a critical time for Boeing. The company has been under intense scrutiny following two fatal 737 Max crashes in 2019. The victims' families have called for a $25 billion fine on Boeing, describing the incident as "the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history."
Boeing's leadership has also been criticized for its lack of engineering expertise. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, a direct rival to Boeing's space division, criticized Boeing's CEO for not knowing how to design aircraft.
Despite these challenges, Boeing has recently resumed deliveries of its 737 MAX aircraft to China after a prolonged delay due to regulatory issues. This resumption could mark a turning point for the company.
Price Action: Boeing closed at $186.89 on Monday, according to Benzinga Pro.
在爭奪波音（紐約證券交易所代碼：BA）頭把交椅的競選中，有四位候選人成爲潛在的繼任者。
發生了什麼：繼三月份宣佈首席執行官戴夫·卡爾霍恩將在年底前辭職之後，專家們已經確定了四位潛在的繼任者。據《商業內幕》週一報道，這一決定是在1月份阿拉斯加航空災難之後做出的。
羅克韋爾·柯林斯前首席執行官凱利·奧特伯格在航空航天業擁有三十年的經驗，是波音首席執行官職位的有力競爭者。奧特伯格於2021年退休，擔任RTX首席執行官的顧問，該公司現在經營前羅克韋爾·柯林斯。
波音商用飛機部門首席執行官斯蒂芬妮·波普也在入圍名單上。波普是波音的第三代員工，曾擔任該公司的首席運營官，具有財務背景。
Spirit AeroSystems首席執行官帕特·沙納漢是另一位競爭者。Spirit AeroSystems以製造在空中丟失門塞的阿拉斯加737 Max的機身而聞名，波音將以47億美元的交易回購。
最終候選人是現任波音董事會主席、高通公司前首席執行官史蒂夫·莫倫科普夫。
在波音尋找新領導者的過程充滿了挑戰，據報道，至少有兩個人拒絕了這個職位。
波音尚未對本辛加做出回應。
爲何重要：尋找新的首席執行官正值波音的關鍵時刻。在2019年發生兩起致命的737 Max墜機事故後，該公司一直受到嚴格審查。受害者家屬呼籲對波音公司處以250億美元的罰款，稱該事件是 “美國曆史上最致命的公司犯罪”。
波音的領導層也因缺乏工程專業知識而受到批評。波音太空部門的直接競爭對手SpaceX首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克批評波音首席執行官不知道如何設計飛機。
儘管面臨這些挑戰，但由於監管問題，波音公司最近恢復了向中國交付737 MAX飛機。此次復牌可能標誌着該公司的轉折點。
價格走勢：根據Benzinga Pro的數據，波音週一收於186.89美元。
