Stephen J. Squeri
2022 Leadership Legacy Award winner, Stephen J. Squeri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Express
Congratulations to the 2023 Winner
David L. Calhoun, president and CEO of The Boeing Company, an international leader in the aerospace industry, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Leadership Legacy Award. Calhoun accepted the award and participated in a Fireside Chat discussing his career path and his views on authentic leadership in September 2023 at the Darla Moore School of Business.
Calhoun was named president and CEO of The Boeing Company in January of 2020 and has served on Boeing’s board of directors since 2009. Calhoun has extensive expertise in a wide array of strategic, business, safety and regulatory matters across several industries as a result of his executive, management and operational experience.
Calhoun previously served as senior managing director and head of portfolio operations at The Blackstone Group from January 2014 to December 2019. During his time with the investment firm, he focused on creating and driving added-value initiatives with Blackstone’s portfolio company CEOs.
Previously, Calhoun served as executive chairman of the board for Nielsen Holdings from January 2014 to January 2016. He joined Nielsen in 2006 as CEO shortly after it was acquired through a consortium of private equity investors, including Blackstone. Throughout his seven-year Nielsen tenure, Calhoun led the company’s transformation into a leading global information and measurement firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
Calhoun began his career at General Electric Company (GE), where he rose to vice chairman of the company and president and CEO of GE Infrastructure, its largest business unit. During his 26 years at GE, he held a number of operating, finance and marketing roles and led multiple business units, including GE Transportation and GE Aircraft Engines.
Calhoun is a member of the board of directors of Caterpillar Inc. and a member of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies. He also is a member of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin Advisory Council and is co-author of the book How Companies Win.
Calhoun has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Virginia Tech.
As part of the Leadership Legacy Award, the Center for Executive Succession donates $10,000 to the charity of the winner’s choosing. This year, we are delighted Calhoun chose to further support graduate students by offering this money to the MHR Fellowship Fund at the Darla Moore School of Business.
For more information on the Leadership Legacy Award, please contact CES@moore.sc.edu.
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