Topic: Glenn Tilton

Glenn Fletcher Tilton (born April 1948 in Washington, DC) is the Chairman, President, and CEO of UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Air Lines, Inc. He has held this role since September 2002, 3 months before UAL Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Tilton was also Chairman, President, and CEO of United Air Lines, Inc., until July 23, 2009, when he named John P. Tague as President, while retaining the role of Chairman and CEO of the UAL Corp. unit. Tilton came to UAL from ChevronTexaco.

Tilton is also Chairman of the Air Transport Association, the industry trade organization representing U.S. airlines.

Tilton grew up in Latin America, and attended high school in Brazil, where his father worked for the United States' Central Intelligence Agency. After earning a bachelors degree in International Relations from the University of South Carolina, Tilton wanted to start a career in the airline industry, but was warned against it by a family friend, the manager of the Pan American Airways Latin America Division. Tilton listened to the friend's advice and went on to follow his father's footsteps and join the C.I.A. but months before his start date, Tilton began a career in the private sector working for Texaco in 1970, servicing gas stations throughout Washington, D.C.