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Boeing The Boeing Company, or simply Boeing (), is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support s ...

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of the Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The division builds military airplanes, rotorcraft, and missiles, as well as space systems for both commercial and mili ...

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, spouse = , partner = , children = , awards = Howard Hughes Memorial Award James F. Albaugh (born May 31, 1950) is the former executive vice president of

The Boeing Company The Boeing Company, or simply Boeing (), is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support s ...

and chief executive officer of the

business unit. He served in these capacities for

from September 1, 2009, until his retirement on June 26, 2012. He retired from the company on October 1, 2012. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of the

Boeing Defense, Space & Security Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of Boeing, the Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The division builds military Military aircraft, airplanes, Military helicopter, rotorcraft, and Missile, missil ...

business unit. Albaugh oversaw a $30.8 billion budget while managing over 70,000 personnel in that position. Albaugh earned $1,499,923 in 2005, making him one of the highest-paid managers in the defense sector.

Early life

Albaugh graduated from Richland High School in

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, in 1968. Graduating in the same class with Albaugh was future Secretary of Defense

James Mattis James Norman Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is an American military officer who served as the 26th United States secretary of defense from 2017 to 2019. A retired Marine Corps four-star general, he commanded forces in the Persian Gulf War, th ...

. Albaugh received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from

(1972) and a master's degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

from

Career

In 1975, Albaugh joined Boeing and held various other executive positions. His first assignment at Boeing was at their

operations in 1975. From July 2002 to September 2009 Albaugh was president and CEO of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (presently named

), a business unit of

. From September 2009 to October 2012, Albaugh was president and CEO of

, a business unit of

. On October 1, 2012, Albaugh retired from

. From December 2012 to July 2016, Albaugh served as a senior advisor to

The Blackstone Group Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. It was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter G. Peterson, Peter Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman, Stephen Schwarzman, who h ...

. On September 1, 2016, Albaugh was appointed to the

board of directors.

Honors and awards

Albaugh is a recipient of the Howard Hughes Memorial Award given "to an aerospace leader whose accomplishments over a long career have contributed significantly to the advancement of aviation or space technology.

He was elected to the

in 2011 for technical leadership in defense and commercial aerospace industry.

References

External links

James (Jim) F. Albaugh biography at Boeing in PDF format
archived from th
original
on December 24, 2016.
James Albaugh biography at Harris Corporation
1950 births Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Living people People from Richland, Washington Willamette University alumni 20th-century American businesspeople Boeing people {{Aviation-bio-stub