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¡§LEADERSHIP IS A DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BASED ON MUTUAL INFLUENCE AND COMMON PURPOSE BETWEEN LEADERS AND COLLABORATORS IN WHICH BOTH ARE MOVED TO HIGHER LEVELS OF MOTIVATION AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT AS THEY AFFECT REAL, INTENDED CHANGE.¡¨

LEADERS:

HERB KELLEHER ¡V CHAIRMAN, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
BILL GATES ¡V FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT

HERB KELLEHER

NATIONALITY: American

BORN: March 12, 1931, in Camden, New Jersey

EDUCATION: Wesleyan University B.A 1953 New York University LL.B. 1956

FAMILY: Son of Harry Kelleher (General Manager at Campbell¡¦s Soup Factory) & Ruth Moore. Married Joan Negley, 1955 Children: 4

CAREER:

New Jersey Supreme Court, 1956-1959, clerk
Lum, Biunno & Tompkins, 1959-1961, associate
Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane & Barrett, 1961-1967, partner
Oppenheimer, Rosenberg, Kelleher & Wheatley, 1969-1981, senior partner
Air Southwest Company, 1971-1982, legal counsel
1982-2001, chairman, CEO & president
2001 - Chairman

AWARDS:

Distinguished Achievement Award, Wings Club, 1996
CEO of the Year, Chief Executive, 1999
CEO of the Country, Texas Monthly, 1999
Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, Aero Club of Washington, 2000
CEO of the Year, Fortune, 2001
Bower Award for Business Leadership, Franklin Institute, 2003

The Texas businessman Rollin King had hired Kelleher as outside counsel in 1966. One evening they were having drinks at the St. Anthony¡¦s Club in San Antonio, when King, who already owned a small charter airline, sketched out a plan on a cocktail napkin. At the time air travel was affordable primarily to high-powered businessman and the wealthy. King and his banker, John Parker, wanted to start a low-cost commuter airline so that the average traveller could fly between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. At first sceptical Kelleher soon became enthusiastic and scraped together enough money to buy a 1.8% stake in the proposed


Bibliography: www.referenceforbusiness.com www.southwest.com www.cispom.boisestate.edu/murli/cps/people/bill_gates.htm www.realbusiness.co.za NUTS! Southwest Airlines¡¦ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success - Kevin Freiberg - Jackie Freiberg
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