Alex Wilcox is an American airline executive and businessman. He co-founded JetSuiteX, since renamed JSX, and is JSX's CEO. Wilcox was a founding executive of

JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways Corporation, stylized as jetBlue, is an American major airline headquartered in Long Island City, in Queens, New York City. Primarily a point-to-point carrier, JetBlue's network features six focus cities including its main hub a ...

as well as president and COO of

Kingfisher Airlines Kingfisher Airlines Limited was an airline group based in India. It was established in 2003 and started its commercial operations in 2005. Through its parent company United Breweries Group, it had a 50% stake in low-cost carrier Kingfisher Red. ...

until 2006. Wilcox started his career in customer service at Virgin Atlantic Airways, where he helped David Tait, who headed US

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Early life and education

Wilcox was born in

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to an American father and a Swiss mother. He later attended the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, commonly referred to as the University of Vermont (UVM), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Foun ...

and earned a BA in political science and English. While in college, Wilcox worked for

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. After college, Wilcox managed the Naildrivers, a rock band, for two years. Wilcox is a citizen of the United States.

Career

Wilcox worked in a customer service job at Virgin Atlantic Airways. During that time, Wilcox helped review business plans and liked a plan by David Neeleman, founder of Morris Air. He joined Neeleman and launched

in 1999. Wilcox worked at JetBlue for six years and left to launch

. In 2006, Wilcox partnered with Proctor Capital Partners and wrote the business plan for JetSuite, a business jet charter company. In July 2007, Wilcox began to serve as CEO of JetSuite.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilcox, Alex 1971 births Living people 21st-century American businesspeople University of Vermont alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Henry Crown Fellows