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Bill Boyer Jr.
Bill Boyer Jr. is a 50% owner and former chief executive officer, CEO of Hawaii's Mokulele Airlines. In March 2009, he was replaced as the airline's CEO and was put in charge of expanding sales and marketing efforts after Republic Airways became a 50% shareholder. Boyer is a native of Tacoma, Washington. Background Boyer, who dropped out of college, was an entrepreneurial-minded baggage handler at Seattle-based Alaska Airlines who, in response to information posted about in-flight entertainment challenges on the Alaska Airlines employee website, conceived of a portable hard-disk based video on demand media player that he later named the "digEplayer." On behalf of digEplayer, Aircraft Protective Systems (APS), a Washington (U.S. state), Washington corporation he founded earlier to commercialize other products he developed for the aircraft industry, he obtained $2.5 million initial financing from family and an Angel investor to fully develop and market his conceived product, which b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Chief Executive Officer
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in various organizations, including public and private corporations, Nonprofit organization, nonprofit organizations, and even some government organizations (notably state-owned enterprises). The governor and CEO of a corporation or company typically reports to the board of directors and is charged with maximizing the value of the business, which may include maximizing the profitability, market share, revenue, or another financial metric. In the nonprofit and government sector, CEOs typically aim at achieving outcomes related to the organization's mission, usually provided by legislation. CEOs are also frequently assigned the role of the main manager of the organization and the highest-ranking officer in the C-suite. Origins The term "chief executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |