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James A. Bell
American businessman
For other people named James Bell, see James Bell (disambiguation).
James Aaron Bell (born June 4, 1948) is a retired American executive of The Boeing Company.
Bell is a retired president, executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Boeing Company.[1] He served as interim president and chief executive officer of the Boeing Company in March 2005, following the resignation of Harry Stonecipher. [1] He returned to his singular role as Boeing's CFO on June 30, 2005, following the appointment of Jim McNerney as the new president, chairman, and chief executive officer of the Boeing Company.[1] He was appointed corporate president in June 2008.
He currently serves in the board of directors of Apple Inc.[2]
Early life
[edit]On June 4, 1948, Bell was born in Los Angeles, California. Bell was the youngest of four children. Bell's mother Mamie was a former Los Angeles County government clerk. His father died in 2003.
Education
[edit]In 1971, Bell earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from California State University, Los Angeles.[1][3] A partial scholarship helped pay for his first year of college, but he had to earn enough to pay his way through the rem
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Boeing names 3M chief McNerney as CEO
Boeing Co. on Thursday named 3M Co. Chief Executive W. James McNerney Jr. as its new CEO, turning to an outsider to help the aerospace company recover from recent ethical lapses and lead its high-stakes bid to regain the top spot in commercial airplane sales.
McNerney, 55, will become the third chief executive of the airplane maker since December 2003, when former CEO Phil Condit resigned in the wake of a defense contracting scandal. His successor, Harry Stonecipher, was forced from his post in March after admitting an affair with a female Boeing executive.
Boeing shares jumped on the news, adding $4.35, or 7 percent, to an all-time high of $66.02 in midday trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange.
The appointment of McNerney — rumored as the strongest outside candidate to lead the company — bypassed two internal candidates who head Boeing’s largest business units.
Boeing Chairman Lew Platt earlier this month said the head of the commercial division, Alan Mulally, and Jim Albaugh, head of the company’s space and defense business, were on a short list of candidates.
On Thursday, Platt said both Mulally and Albaugh “seem to be committed to staying at the company and supporting Jim.”
McNerney, a Boeing director since 2001, initi