Jim Whitehurst

Jim Whitehurst

Jim Whitehurst is the Chief Executive Officer at Red Hat. Prior to that, he was a Chief Operating Officer of Delta Air Lines. Whitehurst was tapped by former Delta CEO Gerald Grinstein to lead the airline out of bankruptcy. Before his appointment as CEO of Delta, Whitehurst served as Senior Vice President and Chief Network and Planning Officer for the company.

Prior to joining Delta in 2002, he served as Vice President and Director of The Boston Consulting Group and held various management roles at its Chicago, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Atlanta offices.

A native of Columbus, Georgia, Whitehurst graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas, with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics. He also attended Erlangen Nuremberg University in Erlangen, Germany, holds a general course degree from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Whitehurst is married and has two children.

External links

* [http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9839996-16.html On the record with Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat's new CEO: 'I must have a mission'] , an interview with Jim Whitehurst
* [http://www.redhat.com/about/companyprofile/management/whitehurst.html Jim Whitehurst's details at redhat.com]


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